Preston

Zell's Condensed Dictionary · 1879 · p. 37

(pres'tun,) an important manuf.borough of England, co. Lancaster, on the Ribble, 28 m. N.E. of Liverpool. Pop. 85,428. Pres'ton, in W. Virginia, a N.E. co., b. by Pennsylvania and Maryland; area,600 sq. m.; C. Kingwood. Pop. 14,555. [s. 731]