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

Prestetvne 1086 DB

Preston(e) 12,1231–4 Glouc 1287 QW 1552 Pat

Etymology

'The priests' farmstead', v. prēost , tūn .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name