Preston was a village on the East Lothian coast of Scotland, and is now a small part of the centre of Prestonpans.

The village was noted for St Jerome's Fair, held on the second Thursday of October.

The chapmen of the area had formed themselves into a guild and elected their office bearers at the fair.

The mercat cross which dates from 1617, is unique both in its integrity and in that it is the only such structure in Scotland still in its original location and form.

It has eight compartments, two doorways, six alcoves with semi-circular mouldings of scallop shells.