Church History in Preston and Liverpool

While on our trip up north, we visited Preston and Liverpool, both of which are full of the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We had a guide named Peter Fagg who was kind enough to spend the majority of his day with us in Preston. We all learned a lot about the beginnings of the church in England.

In this apartment on St. Wilfrid Street, some of the first missionaries to come to England (Heber C. Kimball, Orson Hyde, Isaac Russell, and Willard Richards) had an encounter with evil spirits. Joseph Smith rejoiced after hearing this news, for he said something great was about to come forth in the church.

The First nine baptisms in England occurred in this River, the River Ribble in Avenham Park. George Watt was the very first to be baptized. He knew shorthand and had a large part in helping Brigham Young with the General Discourses.
After spending some time in Preston, we made our way to Chorley, where the MTC and the Preston temple are located. We were given a while to walk around and admire the beautiful grounds..
On our last day of our trip up north, we paid a visit to Albert Dock, where 9 million emigrants came to America, 50,000 or more of which were Latter-day Saints making their way to Zion.

This statue was placed in Albert Dock to commemorate the thousands who sacrificed nearly everything and leave their homes to move to America.