PRESTON, a village and a parish in Uppingham district, Rutland. The village stands 1½ mile S W of Manton r. station, and 2 N by E of Uppingham; is old and pleasant; and has a post-office under Uppingham. The parish comprises 980 acres. Real property, £2, 848. Pop., 349. Houses, 77. The property is subdivided. The manor belonged formerly to the Nevilles, and belongs now to the Earl of Gainsborough. P. Hall is the seat of the Rev. W. Belgrave. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £300.* Patrons, the Representatives of the late Rev. S. Shield and thelate W. Belgrave, Esq. The church is ancient; includessome remains of Saxon architecture; was recently restored; and has a tower and spire. There are chapels for Independents and Wesleyans, a slightly endowed national school, and charities £8.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))