Preston (disambiguation)

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Preston is a city in Lancashire. It may also refer to:

• Preston (UK Parliament constituency)

Contents 1 Places 1.1 Australia 1.2 Canada 1.3 Other places in England 1.4 Scotland 1.5 United States 2 People 2.1 Surname 2.2 First name 2.3 See also 3 Fictional characters

[edit] Places

[edit] Australia

• Preston, Victoria
• Preston, Tasmania

[edit] Canada

• Preston, Nova Scotia
• Preston, Ontario: now part of the city of Cambridge, Ontario
• Preston Street, a thoroughfare through Ottawa

[edit] Other places in England

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

[edit] Scotland

• Preston, Borders in the Scottish Borders
• Preston, East Lothian, near Prestonpans
• Preston Mill is a watermill near East Linton, East Lothian.

[edit] 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

[edit] People

[edit] 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
• Edward Carter Preston, English artist (1885 – 1965)
• Kelly Preston, American actress
• Kenneth O. Preston, top enlisted soldier in the US Army
• Ricardo "Rock" Preston, American football player
• Richard Preston, author (b. 1954)
• Robert Preston, actor (1918-1987)
• Samuel Preston (singer) (known simply as "Preston"), lead singer and guitarist of The Ordinary Boys
• 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 (American actor) (1921-1998)
• William Preston (Freemason), author of Illustrations of Masonry
• William Preston (Virginia), American Revolutionary War figure
• William Ballard Preston U.S. politician
• William Campbell Preston U.S. politician

[edit] First name

• Preston Brooks, U.S. politician
• Preston Geritano, murdered criminal
• Preston Manning, founder of the Reform Party of Canada
• Preston Sturges, director
• Preston Tucker, automobile designer and entrepreneur

[edit] See also

• Preston Baronets, baronetcies created for persons with the surname Preston
• W.T. Preston, a stern wheel snagboat operated by the US Army Corps of Engineers

[edit] 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)