Priestley
Early-attested site in the Parish of Flitwick
Historical Forms
- Prestelai 1086 DB
- Prestele(ye) 1196 P 1202 Ass c.1350
- Prestle(e) 1321 Ch 1373 Cl 1403 IpmR
Etymology
'Priests' clearing' v. leah . Whether it was a clerical endowment or what the relation of the priests to the clearing was we cannot now say. The normal development would have been to Prestley , and that can still be heard locally.