PRISTON, a parish in the hundred of KEYNSHAM, county of SOMERSET, 5 miles (S. w. by W.) from Bath, containing 286 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Bath, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £12. 18. 4., and in the patronage of the Heir of the late William Vaughan, Esq., a minor. The church is dedicated to St. Luke. Six poor children are taught by a schoolmistress for £ 20 a year, paid out of the poor's estate.