Letters From London: Adventures across England to the Preston Temple

Baptismal Font (With lots of green stuff)

Benbow Farm Building

Benbow Farm house. Just six weeks after their baptism, John and Jane Benbow sold their farm and with fifty of their fellow saints emigrated to Nauvoo. They financed the journey for many of their fellow saints with money from the farm sale.

British Converts Plaque

Downham Anglican Church

Downham Church Stained Glass

Downham Village

How fences are done in middle and northern England

Hill Farm...Often referred to as the "Benbow's Farm. Was the home of John and Jane Benbow. Wilford Woodruff arrived her on 3 March 1840. Thirty days after his arrival he had baptized forty-five preachers and one hundred and sixty members of the United Brethren Church. By December around 1,200 had been baptized (300 of them by Wilford)

A home in the village of Downham

Murdochs, Littlefields, Carolee, and Anderson's

Museum Plaque

President Hinckley's Flat in 1937

Preston Anglican Church

Preston Avenham Park

Preston Missionary Lodgings. When preparing for their first baptisms (after just one week) Elder Isaac Russell was tormented by evil spirits and asked Elders Kimball and Hyde to give him a blessing to cast out "devils coming in legions"

Preston MTC Entrance

Preston MTC

Preston Temple Entrance

Preston- the Obelisk Flag Market

Ribster - Ancient Roman Remains

Ribchester Anglican Chapel

Ribchester Anglican Church. Dates back to 1400's. Lost much of its congregation to these early missionaries.

Ribchester Chapel Organ

River Ribble with the Old Tram Bridge in the distance. Elder Kimball said "The circumstance of baptizing in the open air being somewhat novel, a concourse of between seven and nine thousand persons assembled on the banks to witness the ceremony."