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.

Preston

Other OS name in the Parish of Ramsbury

Historical Forms

  • Preston 1268,1279 Ass 1298 FF

Etymology

is Preston 1268,1279Ass , 1298FF . ' Priests' farm , ' v. tun .