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.

Great Preston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kippax

Historical Forms

  • Prestun(e), Prest(una), Preston(a) 1086 DB c.1156 Pont 1166 P 1175–85 YCh 1210,c.1230 Pont 1258 YI 1285 KI 1428 FA
  • Great Preston(a) 1488 Ipm 1543 FF 1611 FF
  • Grete Preston(a) 1527 WillY
  • Grett Preston(a) 1538 TestLds
  • Priston 1525 ib
  • Great Purston 1608 PRKp 1661 WYD

Etymology

'The priests' farmstead', v. prēost , tūn , and for Purston cf. Purston Jaglin ii, 87supra . 'Great' in relation to Little Preston (foll.).