| ![Show Contents]() Priestnall History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England Early Origins of the Priestnall familyThe surname Priestnall was first found in Lancashire at Preesall, with Hackensall, a township, in the chapelry of Stalmine, parish of Lancaster, union of Garstang, hundred of Amounderness. " 'Pressonede' in the Domesday Survey was estimated at six carucates of land: the tithes were granted by Roger de Poictou to the priory of Lancaster." 1 Hence, conjecturally, the surname is descended from the tenant of the lands of Preesall, held by a steward of the King who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086. Literally, the place name means "brushwood headland" from the Old Welsh word "pres" + the Old Viking word "hofuth" or the Old English word "heafod." 2 Preshaw is a locality near Upham on the slopes of the South Downs. Early History of the Priestnall familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Priestnall research. Another 61 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Priestnall History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Priestnall Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Preesall, Presall, Prestall, Presow, Presawe, Prisoe, Priseye, Presoo, Presal, Pristow, Pristowe, Prestoe and many more. Early Notables of the Priestnall familyMore information is included under the topic Early Priestnall Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Priestnall migration to New Zealand | + |
Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include: Priestnall Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century- Edwin Priestnall, aged 21, a brickmaker, who arrived in Nelson, New Zealand aboard the ship "Chile" in 1874
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
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Priestnall migration to New Zealand 
