English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Preston Bisset

Major Settlement in the Parish of Preston Bisset

Historical Forms

  • Prestone 1086 DB
  • Prestinton 1162 P
  • Prestona Manasseri 1167 P
  • Preston Byset 1327 Ipm

Etymology

'Priest' or 'priests' farm' v. preost . The Manasser of 1167 is Manasser Biset, dapifer to Henry II.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site