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Preston 's or Presson 's Mdw

Field in the Parish of Rearsby

Historical Forms

  • 1762 EnclA
  • Persyng ' 1467×84 LTD

Etymology

Preston's or Presson's Mdw 1762 (Persyng' 1467 × 84, Pressinges 1601, 1648, 1675, Pressings 1625, 1679 et passim to 1745, Pressings Meadow 1678, 1679 et passim to 1745 (v. eng; either with the surn. Perse or its OFr   pers. n. source Piers, v. Reaney s. n. Perse)