Preshute (/ˈprɛʃuːt/) is a civil parish immediately west and northwest of Marlborough in Wiltshire, England.
The name Preshute is first attested in 1185, in the form Prestcheta, 1249, as Presteshethe, and 1252, as Preschut.
It could be the Old English word ciete ("cottage"), in which case the name once meant "priest's cottage", or it could be the Common Brittonic word that survives in modern Welsh as coed ("woodland"), in which case it meant "[2][3]: 81 [4]: 146–47 In the 12th or 13th century the boundary between Preshute and Marlborough was immediately west of Marlborough Castle and the parish included the villages of Manton and Clatford.
[5] The Anglican Church of St George is at grid reference SU 179 685 about 0.6 miles (0.97 km) west of the centre of Marlborough, beyond Marlborough College and just south of the Kennet.
Wyatt; it is Grade II* listed[6] and forms part of the Marlborough Benefice.