Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Prest(e)bur' c.1170–1182,m13 Chest

• Prest(e)bury 1215 Facs 1237(17),c.1240 Chest

• Prest(e)burye c.1540 Dugd

• Prest(e)buria c.1220,c.1310 Chest

• Prest(e)buri 1221 17 ib

• Prest(e)burie 1539 Dow

• Prest(e)bure 1363 Eyre

• Prest(e)bire l12 (1285) Ch, Adl

• Prest(e)bir' 1267 Cl

• Prest(e)biry 1279 Pat

• Prest(e)byri 1536 Leland

• Presteberi 1181 Facs

• Prestbere l15 Dow

• Prestbery 1505 ib

• Presbury 1428 ChRR

• Presburie 1557 Sheaf

• Presby 1536 Leland

Etymology

'Priests' manor', v. prēost (gen.pl. prēosta ), burh . This was a manor belonging to the abbots of Chester, cf. Spittle Ho, Abbot's Hay infra . By people in Bollington, this village is sometimes called Mansionville , an allusion to the more pretentious style of the place.