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Preston

/ˈpɹɛs.tən/ · name

Meaning

  1. An industrial city in Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5329).
  2. A suburb of Brighton, East Sussex, otherwise known as Preston Village (OS grid ref TQ3006)
  3. A hamlet in Kingsteignton parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8574).
  4. A suburban village north-east of Weymouth, Dorset, previously in Weymouth and Portland district (OS grid ref SY7083).
  5. A village and civil parish east of Cirencester, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0400).
  6. Several other places in England:
  7. A suburb of Paignton, Torbay borough, Devon (OS grid ref SX8962).
  8. A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, east of Hull (OS grid ref TA1830).

Etymology / origin

From Old English prēost (“priest”) + tūn (“settlement”). Doublet of Prestatyn.

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