Preston on Wye / Preston-on-Wye / Preston-upon-Wye / Prestretune

There is an entry for this Preston [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SO3842/preston-on-wye/] [accessed 19 July 2014], which reports the lordship and tenancy of this place being in the hands of the canons of Hereford St. Peter's, both in 1066 and in 1086, but there is no mention of either church or cleric in it. The Herefordshire Inventory (1931-1934) notes: "Parish Church of St. Lawrence stands on the right bank of the Wye [...] The Nave was built c. 1190, and late in the 13th century the chancel was re-built, widened and probably extended eastwards. The North Chapel was added c. 1330, and the West Tower built about the middle of the same century. The church was restored in 1625 and again, very drastically, in 1883, when the Chancel was re-built, largely with the old materials, and the North Vestry added; the upper parts of the S. wall of the nave and of the W. tower were also re-built; the N. chapel was restored in 1887. The timber South Porch is modern. [...] Font: modern bowl on old cylindrical stem, re-tooled."