English Place-name Society

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.

West Preston

Early-attested site in the Parish of Rustington

Historical Forms

  • West Prestone c.1230 Pens
  • Preston juxta Rustyngton 1408 Ass

Etymology

v. East Preston supra 172. There was also a lost Prest (e )brok hard by (t. Hy 2 (1361) Pat, 1284 Ipm, 1314 Cl).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement