Preston-next-Faversham

Preston
St Catherine's Church
Preston is located in Kent
Preston
Preston
Location within Kent
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Kent
51°18′33″N 0°53′32″E / 51.3091°N 0.8921°E / 51.3091; 0.8921

Preston or Preston-next-Faversham is an area of the town of Faversham, in the Swale district, in Kent, England, which in the past was a separate village and parish. It became a civil parish in 1866, but in 1894 was divided into 2 civil parishes: Preston Within and Preston Without.[1] Both civil parishes were absorbed into Faversham in 1935.[2] In 1891 the parish had a population of 2374.[3] On Ordnance Survey maps, a south-eastern area of the town is labelled Preston.[4]

The ecclesiastical parish remains. The Grade II* listed parish church of St Catherine is of Norman origin.[5]

  1. ^ "Faversham Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Preston Within CP". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Population statistics Preston Next Faversham CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Map of Faversham". Streetmap.co.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  5. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Catherine (1115766)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 February 2023.