Preston

Preston may refer to:

Places

Australia

• Preston, Victoria
• Preston, Tasmania

Canada

• Preston, Nova Scotia
  • East Preston, Nova Scotia
  • North Preston, Nova Scotia

• Preston, Ontario: now part of the city of Cambridge, Ontario

England

• Preston, Cotswold, Gloucestershire (near Cirencester)
• Preston, Devon
• Preston, Dorset
• Preston, Dover district, near Wingham, East Kent
• Preston, East Riding of Yorkshire, near Kingston upon Hull
• Preston, Faversham, Kent
• Preston, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire (near Ledbury)
• Preston, Hertfordshire
• Preston, Lancashire
• Preston, London, near Wembley
• Preston, Northumberland
• Preston, Rutland
• Preston, Somerset
• Preston, Tynemouth, Northumberland
• Preston, Wiltshire
• Preston Deanery, a village in Northamptonshire
• Preston on Tees, Eaglescliffe, Teesside
• Preston St Mary, Suffolk
• Preston Village, Brighton, Sussex

Scotland

• Preston, Scottish Borders, near Duns
• Preston, East Lothian, near Prestonpans
• Preston Mill, a watermill near East Linton, East Lothian

United States

• Preston, Connecticut
• Preston, Georgia
• Preston, Idaho (location and setting for the film Napoleon Dynamite)
• Preston, Iowa
• Preston, Kansas
• Preston, Kentucky
• Preston, Maryland
• Preston, Minnesota
• Preston, Mississippi
• Preston, New York
• Preston, Oklahoma
• Preston, Washington
• Preston County, West Virginia
• Preston, Adams County, Wisconsin
• Preston, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
• Preston Road, important thoroughfare to the history and growth of Dallas, Texas, built over a historically important cattle trail

People

Surname

• Andrew Preston, American businessman, founder of United Fruit Company
• Billy Preston, musician (1946-2006)
• Brian Preston, a jurist in Wales
• Douglas Preston, author (b. 1956)
• Duke Preston, American football player
• Duncan Preston, British actor (b. 1946)
• Edward Carter Preston, English artist (1885 – 1965)
• Hubert Preston, British journalist (1868-1960)
• Hugh Berthon Preston, British shell-dealer and zoologist (1871-1945)
• John Preston, American author and editor
• John S. Preston, American Civil War general
• Kelly Preston, American actress
• Kenneth Preston, top enlisted soldier in the US Army
• Margaret Preston, Australian artist (1875 - 1963)
• Ray Preston (disambiguation)
• Ricardo "Rock" Preston, American football player
• Richard Preston, author (b. 1954)
• Robert Preston (actor), actor (1918-1987)
• Samuel Preston (singer) (known simply as "Preston"), lead singer and guitarist of The Ordinary Boys
• Samuel Tolver Preston, English engineer and physicist (1844-1917)
• Simon Preston, organist and composer
• Thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara, Irish soldier
• Thomas Preston (British Army officer), Captain of the Boston Massacre soldiers
• Timothy Preston, Manitoba judge
• William Preston (Freemason), author of Illustrations of Masonry
• William Preston (Virginia), American Revolutionary War figure
• William Ballard Preston, U.S. politician
• William C. Preston, U.S. politician

First name

• Preston Brooks, U.S. politician
• Preston Geritano, murdered criminal
• Preston Keat, political scientist
• Preston Manning, founder of the Reform Party of Canada
• Preston Martin, Zionist hardliner
• Preston Quick, American squash player
• Preston Sturges, director
• Preston Tucker, automobile designer and entrepreneur

Fictional characters

• Bill S. Preston Esq., one half of Bill and Ted, played by Alex Winter
• 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 of the Spaceways, a fictional character from the Honorverse
• Preston (played by Colin Hanks), Carl Denham's assistant in King Kong (2005 film)
• Cleric John Preston (played by Christian Bale), Equilibrium (film)
• Preston Winthrop from MySims Agents

Other

• Preston Baronets, baronetcies created for persons with the surname Preston
• WT Preston, a stern wheel snagboat operated by the US Army Corps of Engineers
• Preston Street for streets by this name
• Preston (METRORail station) - Houston METRORail
• Preston University, controversial unaccredited institution
• Preston University Pakistan, a campus affiliated with Preston University

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