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.

Stakes Road

Other OS name in the Parish of Preston

Historical Forms

  • Preston Stakes 1666 Poulson

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is named from Preston Stakes 1666 Poulson . The stakes marked a landing - place on the Humber .