which had a population of 1,463 at the 2011 Census.

Etymology

The name of Great Preston is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, in the form Prestun and similar variants. The name comes from the Old English words preost ('priest') and tun ('farmstead, estate'). Thus it once meant 'estate belonging to a priest'.

The name Little Preston, coined to differentiate this settlement from its larger neighbour, is first attested between 1258 and

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