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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Preston

Historical Forms

  • Prestun 1228 Pat
  • Preston(e) 1285 FA 1291 Tax 1317 Pat
  • Prebend' de Prestone 1291 Tax, etc.

Etymology

'priest farm', from prēost and tūn ; it was an old prebend of Salisbury cathedral (Prebend ' de Prestone 1291 Tax, etc.).