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 under Scar

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wensley

Historical Forms

Prestun, Preston 1086 DB

Preston undescar 1568 FF

Etymology

v. preost , tun and ON sker 'scar.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement