Preston on Stour Medieval Settlement
The possible extent of the Medieval settlement of Preston on Stour, as suggested by documentary evidence.
1 The possible extent of the Medieval settlement based on the OS first edition map of 1884, 50NW.
2 Preston is listed in Domesday under Gloucestershire. The Phillimore edition gives a grid reference of 20,49.
Ref EG 9 (Land of St Denis of Paris) In Deerhurst Hundred St Denis’ Church holds these villages…
Preston (on Stour) 10 hides.
3 The first edition map shows a compact village with lanes enclosing areas of settlement. There are empty plots and small fields, some orcharded. The village is bounded to the east by the river, to the north by a boundary hedge where it marches with Alscot Park, and to the west and south by lanes. The church dates from the C12th. There is no ridge and furrow plotting for the parish, but the database mapping shows survival in two fields to the southwest.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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