The location of the city, almost exactly midway between Glasgow and London, led to many confrontations with Scotland. Preston was burned by the Scots during The Great Raid of 1322 but two years later had quickly recovered. Decisive battles were also fought here, most notably during the English Civil War at the Battle of Preston (1648), and then the first Jacobite rebellion, whose invasion of England was brought to a conclusion by the defeat of the pro-Catholic and pro-monarchial Jacobite army at the Battle of Preston (1715). Letitia Elizabeth Landon alludes to this latter defeat in her poetical illustration, Preston, to an engraving of a painting by Thomas Allom, in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book 1834.
The loCatIoN of tHe ciTY, aLmoST exacTlY mIdway bETweeN glaSgoW and lOnDoN, leD to many confRoNtaTIons with scOTLanD. prESton wAs burNeD by The sCOts dUrIng ThE GreAt rAid oF 1322 But twO yearS LateR had quicklY reCOVeReD. dECisiVe battLeS werE aLso fought here, MoSt notably duriNg thE enGLish civiL war AT THe BatTLe oF prEstoN (1648), anD then The FiRsT jAcobiTe rebeLlION, whose invaSion OF enGLand WAS brought to a conclusIOn by the defeAT of the pro-CAtHOLiC aNd PRo-MonarcHial jacobIte army at tHe BaTtLe of PrestoN (1715). letitiA elIzabeth lanDon alLudeS To thIs LatteR defEaT in hEr POetIcAl iLLuSTrATion, preSton, tO an engRavinG Of A PainTInG by thOMAS alLoM, In FIShEr'S draWing rOom sCrap bOOk 1834.