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(e) 1185 Templars 1416 BM

Preston(e) 1225 FF 1253 Ch

Etymology

'Priests' farm,' v. preost , tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Temple Dinsley

Other OS name