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The following appear as names for Preston. Follow the links for what the author actually said:
Name | Author | Source |
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PRESTON | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). |
NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:
These names were used for units associated with Preston. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:
Name | Unit Type | Source |
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30UK | District/Unitary Authority | Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics) |
E200572 | Local Government District (MB/CB) | |
E200691 | Local Government District (RD) | |
EAST PRESTON | Registration sub-District | 1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'. |
LANCASHIRE PRESTON NORTH | Constituency (BCon) | Boundary Commission for England, First Periodical Report (London: H.M.S.O., 1954) |
LANCASHIRE PRESTON SOUTH | Constituency (BCon) | Boundary Commission for England, First Periodical Report (London: H.M.S.O., 1954) |
NEW CHAPEL | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 195. |
NORTH PRESTON | Constituency (BCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
Registration sub-District | 1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'. | |
PRESTON | 1841 Occupation reporting area | 1841 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Occupation Abstract'. |
Ancient District (Borough) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 680. | |
Constituency (BCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) | |
Constituency (PBCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) | |
District/Unitary Authority | Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics) | |
Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 194. | |
Local Government District (RD) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 689. | |
Local Government District (MB/CB) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 689. | |
Parish-level Unit (AP/CP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 194. | |
Poor Law Union/Reg. District (RegD/PLU) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 682. | |
Registration sub-District | Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) | |
Rural Deanery | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 861. | |
Sanitary District (USD) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 685. | |
Sanitary District (RSD) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 685. | |
Urban Labour Market | Great Britain Historical GIS Project | |
PRESTON ALL SAINTS | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 194. |
PRESTON CHRIST CHURCH | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 194. |
PRESTON EMMANUEL | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 194. |
PRESTON HOLY TRINITY | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 194. |
PRESTON NORTH | Constituency (BCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
PRESTON SOUTH | Constituency (BCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
PRESTON ST CUTHBERT | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 194. |
PRESTON ST GEORGE | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 195. |
PRESTON ST JAMES | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 195. |
PRESTON ST JOHN | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 194. |
Parish-level Unit (AP/CP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 194. | |
PRESTON ST JUDE | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 195. |
PRESTON ST LUKE | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 195. |
PRESTON ST MARK | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 195. |
PRESTON ST MARY | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 195. |
PRESTON ST MATTHEW | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 195. |
PRESTON ST OSWALD | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 195. |
PRESTON ST PAUL | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 195. |
PRESTON ST PETER | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 195. |
PRESTON ST SAVIOUR | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 195. |
PRESTON ST SAVIOUR WITH ST JAMES | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 195. |
PRESTON ST STEPHEN | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 195. |
PRESTON ST THOMAS | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 195. |
PRESTON ST WILFRID | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 194. |
Parish-level Unit (AP/CP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 194. | |
SOUTH PRESTON | Constituency (BCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
ST JOHN | Registration sub-District | Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office) |
ST PETER | Registration sub-District | Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office) |
TRINITY | Registration sub-District | Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office) |
WEST PRESTON | Registration sub-District | 1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'. |
NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Preston, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:
Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Preston, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Preston in Lancashire | Place names, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/354/names
Date accessed: 03rd May 2024