PRESTON, a parish in the hundred of PRESTON, lathe of ST-AUGUSTINE, county of KENT, 2 miles (N.) from Wingham, containing 504 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury, rated in the king's books at £9. 15., and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. The church is dedicated to St. Mildred.