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

  • Prestune, Prestone 1086 DB
  • Prestun(a), Preston(a) 1115 YCh 1170–5 RegAlb 1828 Langd
  • Prestune in Holdernes, Prestune in Holdernesse 1280 Ass
  • Prestitonia 1098–1102 YCh1300
  • Priston, Pryston 1316 NomVill
  • Pryston in Holdernes 1570 FF
  • Preston als. Purston in Howldernes 1574 FF

Etymology

'Priest farm,' v. preost , tun . For Purston cf. Purston Jaglin (PN WRY 151) and Purston (PN Nth 58).