PRESTON

(origin: Local) A town in Lancashire, England. The town in the coppice, or the bushy hill, from Prys and ton; also, Preston, the town where brass is found or manufactured, from Pres, brass, Welsh.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

PRESTON. Besides the great Lancashire town, thirty-five parishes andjlaces are named in the Gazetteer, and there are many others in various counties. The origin of the name, fvom jjreostes-tt'ni, 'the priest's enclosure or homestead' is undoubted. The Prestons of Furness were traced to Richard de Preston, of Preston, co. Westmoreland, temp. Henry II.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.