Preston Deanery
Major Settlement in the Parish of Preston Deanery
Historical Forms
- Preston 1086 DB
- Preston juxta Nofht 1301 FF
- Preston juxta Pydyngton 1381 Ass
- Preston Denary 1720 FF
- Preston Deanry 1739 Camden(Gough)
Etymology
'Priests'farm,' v. preost , tun . Deanery 'from its having given name to the deanery of Preston in the ecclesiastical division of the county' (Bridges i, 379).