Prestone Family Name and Heraldry

Ancestors listed as Prestone are often found as Preston a generation earlier. Name scholars give the meaning as “Priest's farm”. Prestone adds “e” to Preston, a small change that appeared as the name was written down. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written Prestoun and Prestin.

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