ployment to a number of the inhabitants.—2. Pres-
tatyn, hundred, Flintshire, 17,097 ac., pop. 11,628;
contains 5 pars, and a part.

Prestbury.—par., township, and vil. with ry. sta.,
Cheshire—par. (containing Macclesfield), 62,415 ac.,
pop. 55,975; township, 620 ac., pop. 292; vil., 2 miles
NW. of Macclesfield; P.O., T.O.; near the vil. is Prest-
bury Hall, seat.—2. Prestbury, par. and vil., Glou-
cestershire—par., 3022 ac., pop. 1402; vil., 2 miles NE.
of Cheltenham; P.O., T.o.; near the vil. is Prestbury
House, seat.

Presteigne, market town and township with ry. sta.,
Radnorshire, and par., partly also in Herefordshire—
par., 11,126 ac., pop. 2214; township, 2831 ac., pop.
1491; town, on river Lugg, 6% miles NE. of New Radnor;
P. O., T. o., 1 Bank, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Saturday.
Presteigne is an ancient town, and was a borough by
prescription. It has a town hall, a shire hall (1829),
and an endowed grammar school founded in the time
of Queen Elizabeth. There is trade in malt and timber.
Presteigne formed one of the Radnor District of Parlia-
mentary Boroughs, which returned 1 member until 1885.

Presthope, ry. sta., 3 miles SW. of Much Wenlock
sta., Shropshire.

Prestlelgli, hamlet, Doulting par., Somerset, 2 miles
SE. of Shepton Mallet.

Preston.—pari, and mun. bor., par. and township,
port, and manufacturing and market town, N. Lancashire,
on Lancaster Canal and on river Ribble, near the head
of its estuary, 28 miles NE. of Liverpool, 31 NW. of
Manchester, and 209 from London by rail—par., 16,116
ac., pop. 98,783; township, 2127 ac., pop. 91,578; mun.
bor. (including Preston and Fishwick townships), 3721
ac., pop. 96,537; pari, bor., pop. 100,262 ; 4 Banks, 4
newspapers. Market-days, Wednesday, Friday, and
Saturday. Preston (originally Priest’s-town) was the
birthplace of Sir Richard Arkwright (1732-1792), famous
for his inventions in cotton-spinning, and is one of the
principal seats in Lancashire of the cotton mfr., which
was introduced in 1777, and gradually superseded the
linen mfr., the former staple trade of the town ; it has
also iron and brass foundries, engineering and machine
works, and steam-boiler works. Preston superseded
Ribchester as the port of the Ribble, was constituted
an independent port in 1843, and has a considerable
coasting trade; its facilities as a port will be greatly
increased by the deepening and diversion of the Ribble,
the construction of a wet dock, two graving docks and
a timber pond, and the erection of warehouses—works
estimated to cost £800,000. Roman coins and Saxon
ware have been found in the neighbourhood of Preston,
which was the scene of the defeat of the Scots under
Hamilton by Cromwell in 1648, and of the surrender
of the Jacobite forces in 1715. It received its first
charter of incorporation from Henry II., and obtained
parliamentary representation in the 23d of Edward I.
It returns 2 members to Parliament. The parliamen-
tary limits were extended in 1885, so as to include such
parts of the municipal borough as were beyond the par-
liamentary borough, the local government district of
Fulwood, and so much of the township of Lea, Ashton,
Ingol, and Cottam, and of the township of Penwortham,
as will be added to the municipal borough on the 1st of
June 1889, by virtue of the “Ribble Navigation and
Preston Dock Act, 1883.”—2. Preston, hamlet, Kings-
teignton par., Devon, in NE. vicinity of Newton Abbot.
—3. Preston, hamlet, Paignton par., Devon, 5 miles E.
of Totnes.—4. Preston, par. and vil., in S. of Dorset
—par., 2679 ac. (70 water), pop. 689; vil., on Wey-
mouth Bay, 3 miles NE. of Weymouth; P.O.—5.
Preston, par. and vil., Gloucestershire, on river Churn,
1% mile SE. of Cirencester, 2042 ac., pop. 212.—6.
Preston, par., Gloucestershire, 3 miles SW. of Led-
bury, 884 ae., pop. 61.—7. Preston, vil., Hitchin par.,
Herts, in N. of co., 3 miles S. of Hitchin; P.O.—8.
Preston, hundred, St Augustine lathe, Kent, 1931 ac.,
pop. 510; contains 2 pars.—9. Preston, Kent. See
Preston byWinghah, and Preston next Faversham.
10. Preston, hamlet, Harrow on the Hill par., Middle-
sex, 2 miles NE. of Harrow.—II. Preston, township,
Tynemouth par., Northumberland, adjacent to North
Sliields, and within the bor. of Tynemouth, 788 ac., pop.
1707.—12. Preston, township, Ellingham par., North-
umberland, 6% miles N. of Alnwick, 454 ac., pop. 59;
contains Preston House, seat.—13. Preston, par. and
vil., Rutland—par., 980 ac., pop. 273; vil., 2 miles N.
of Uppingham; P.O.; near the vil. is Preston HaU,
seat.—14. Preston, hamlet, Stogumber par., Somerset,
4 miles SE. of Watchet.—15. Preston, par., Somerset.
See Preston Plucknett.—16. Preston, par. and vil.,
Suffolk, on river Brett, 2 miles W. of Lavenham, 1931
ac., pop. 300. —17. Preston, hundred, Lewes rape,
Sussex, 1201 ac., pop. 20,894. See Preston (near
Brighton). —18. Preston (or Preston in Holder-
ness), par., township, and vil., East-Riding Yorkshire
—par., 5820 ac. and 229 tidal water and foreshore, pop.
1016; township, 5012 ac., pop. 881; vil., 1 mile N. of
Hedon ry. sta.; P.O.