Our historical statistics are always for precisely defined areas, usually administrative units, not "places". We know about the following units named after Preston. Each has its own "home page" with much more information. Click on a tick to go directly to a particular statistical theme.

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Preston EP
Preston CP/AP

Be careful! A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. For example, in England and Wales rural districts — units with RD or RSD suffixes — may even exclude the places they are named after. The "Units covering this place" tab lists units whose boundaries contained Preston.

Election Results

We know of no constituencies that were named after Preston; where constituencies had more than one name, we base this on their "preferred" name. Constituencies that covered the point location we hold for Preston will be listed on the "Units covering this place" tab. You can search for constituencies or other units that covered a particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location.

This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered Preston:

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Preston CP/AP
Dymock AP/CP
Newent RD
Newent RegD/PLU
Forest of Dean District
Gloucestershire County O41area
Gloucestershire AdmC
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire AncC
Gloucestershire RegC
the South West GovOf
the West Midlands GovOf
Great Britain Dep
England and Wales Dep

Click on a tick for direct access to that theme.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies which covered Preston.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
Gloucestershire Western PDivCon	1832	1884
Gloucestershire Forest of Dean PDivCon	1885	1948
West Gloucestershire CCon	1949	1996
Forest of Dean CCon	1997	2009

Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Preston. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.