Preston (nr. Cirencester), Gloucestershire Family History Guide

Preston (near Cirencester) is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1677

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

PRESTON, a parish in Cirencester district, Gloucester; on the river Churn, 1½ mile SE of Cirencester r. station. Post-town, Cirencester. Acres, 2,190. Real property, £3,262. Pop., 217. Houses, 46. The manor belongs to the representatives of the late Lady Carteret. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £350. Patron, Miss Master. The church is Norman, and has a low tower.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Preston, 1½ mile S.E. Cirencester. P. 220

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850

Preston A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland 1833

Preston, co. Gloucester.

P. T. Cirencester (89) 2 m. ESE. Pop. 160.

A parish in the hundred of Crowthorne and Minety; living, a vicarage in the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester; valued in K. B. 9l. 10s. 7½d.; church ded. to All Saints; patron (1829) T. Masters, Esq.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland by John Gorton. The Irish and Welsh articles by G. N. Wright; Vol. III; London; Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand; 1833.