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

Other OS name in the Parish of Lyneham

Historical Forms

Preston 1289 Ass

Etymology

is Preston 1289Ass . ' Priests' farm , ' v. tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Lyneham