Prestwich

/ ˈprɛstwɪtʃ /

noun

a town in NW England, in Bury unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 31 693 (2001)

This deposit is considered by Mr. Prestwich to be equivalent to other high-level gravels of the Pleistocene period.

Prof. Prestwich had published numerous papers dealing with Tertiary Geology before 1857.

A legend of this kind was long connected with Hulme Hall, formerly a seat of a branch of the Prestwich family.

Before we were well out of sight of the ancient tower of Prestwich Church, the day brightened a little.

An excellent, and perhaps the most recent, map of this kind is that given by Professor Prestwich in his Geology, vol.

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