Preston
Preston is a place name, surname and given name that may refer to:
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Places
England
- Preston, Lancashire, an urban settlement
- The City of Preston, Lancashire, a borough and non-metropolitan district which contains the settlement
- County Borough of Preston, a local government district containing the settlement from 1835 to 1974
- Preston (UK Parliament constituency)
- Preston railway station in Preston, Lancashire
- The PR postcode area, also known as the Preston postcode area
- Preston Urban Area, the conurbation with Preston at its core
- Preston, Devon (in Paignton)
- Preston, Teignbridge, in Kingsteignton parish
- Preston, Dorset
- Preston, East Riding of Yorkshire, near Kingston upon Hull
- Preston, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
- Preston, Dymock, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire
- Preston, Hertfordshire
- Preston, London, near Wembley
- Preston, Northumberland, the location of Preston Tower
- Preston, Rutland
- Preston, Shropshire, in Upton Magna parish
- Preston, Somerset, in Stogumber parish
- Preston, Tyne and Wear
- Preston, Aldbourne and Ramsbury, Wiltshire
- Preston, Lyneham, Wiltshire
- Preston Bagot, Warwickshire
- Preston Bissett, Buckinghamshire
- Preston Brook, Cheshire
- Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
- Preston Crowmarsh, Oxfordshire
- Preston Deanery, Northamptonshire
- Preston Gubbals, Shropshire
- Preston-le-Skerne, County Durham
- Preston-next-Faversham, Kent
- Preston-next-Wingham, Kent
- Preston on Stour, Warwickshire
- Preston-on-Tees, Eaglescliffe, County Durham
- Preston on the Hill, Cheshire
- Preston on Wye, Herefordshire
- Preston Plucknett, Somerset
- Preston St Mary, Suffolk
- Preston-under-Scar, North Yorkshire
- Preston upon the Weald Moors, Shropshire
- Preston Village, Brighton, Sussex
- Preston Wynne, Herefordshire
- Great Preston, West Yorkshire
- Long Preston, North Yorkshire
Australia
Canada
Cuba
- Guatemala, Cuba, also known as Preston, in the Holguín Province
Scotland
- Preston, East Linton, East Lothian
- Preston, Prestonpans, East Lothian
- Preston, Scottish Borders, near Duns
- Prestonkirk, near East Linton, East Lothian
- Preston Mill, a watermill near East Linton, East Lothian
United States
- Preston, Alabama, see List of places in Alabama: N–R#P
- Preston, Arkansas, see List of places in Arkansas: P
- Preston, California, see List of places in California (P)
- Preston, Colorado
- Preston, Connecticut
- Preston, Georgia
- Preston, Idaho
- Preston, Illinois
- Preston, Indiana
- Preston, Iowa
- Preston, Kansas
- Preston, Kentucky
- Preston, Maryland
- Preston, Michigan
- Preston, Minnesota
- Preston, Mississippi
- Preston, Missouri (in Hickory County)
- Preston, Jasper County, Missouri
- Preston, Nebraska
- Preston, Nevada
- Preston, New York
- Preston, North Carolina
- Preston, Oklahoma
- Preston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, see List of places in Pennsylvania: Pl–Q
- Preston, McKean County, Pennsylvania, see List of places in Pennsylvania: Pl–Q
- Preston, South Dakota, a ghost town
- Preston, Texas (in Grayson County)
- Preston, Wharton County, Texas
- Preston, Virginia
- Preston, Washington
- Preston, West Virginia
- Preston County, West Virginia
- Preston, Adams County, Wisconsin, a town
- Preston, Grant County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
- Preston, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, a town
- Preston Road, important thoroughfare to the history and growth of Dallas, Texas, built over a historically important cattle trail
Outer space
- 3792 Preston, an asteroid
People
- Preston (singer) (born 1982), British singer
- List of people with given name Preston
- List of people with surname Preston
Fictional characters
- Becky Preston, from the Shiloh movies
- Bill S. Preston Esq., one half of Bill and Ted, played by Alex Winter
- Dara Lynn Preston, from the Shiloh movies
- Dick Preston, The New Dick Van Dyke Show
- Marty Preston, from the Shiloh movies
- Preston Northwest from Gravity Falls
- Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
- Dr. Preston Burke, Grey's Anatomy
- Preston, the robot dog in the Wallace and Gromit film A Close Shave
- Preston (played by Colin Hanks), Carl Denham's assistant in King Kong (2005 film)
- Cleric John Preston (played by Christian Bale) in Equilibrium (film)
- Preston Winthrop from MySims Agents
- John James Preston, the full name of Mr. Big (Sex and the City), Carrie Bradshaw's love interest in the Sex and the City television series and ensuing films
- Preston Tien, a character from Power Rangers Ninja Steel
- Preston Breeze, a side character in Phineas and Ferb
Ships
- Preston (ship), multiple ships
- HMS Preston, multiple ships
- USS Preston, multiple ships
- WT Preston, a stern wheel snagboat operated by the US Army Corps of Engineers
Schools
- Preston University (United States), controversial unaccredited institution
- Preston University (Pakistan), a private university in Pakistan
- Preston's College, a further education college in Preston, Lancashire, England
- Preston High School (disambiguation)
Other
- HM Prison Preston, a prison in England
- Preston baronets, baronetcies created for persons with the surname Preston
- Preston Car Company, a Canadian railway equipment builder
- Preston (METRORail station), Houston, Texas
- Preston (speedway), a British speedway team
- Preston North End F.C., an English football club
- Preston Grasshoppers R.F.C., an English rugby football club
- Preston Street (disambiguation)
- Preston Road, a London Underground station
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gollark: This is the problem - with ones which are too long they can't be really tested.
gollark: In decently general-purpose programming languages with access to more space, you can construct ridiculously large numbers by implementing ↑ and all that.
gollark: Not without extra imports or something. or maybe python2.
gollark: Probably.
See also
- City of Preston (disambiguation)
- Justice Preston (disambiguation)
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