Prestwood

The Noble Tribe of Prestwood in North America. The lineage of the name Prestwood begins with the Anglo-Saxon tribes in Britain. It is a result of when they lived in or near the priest's wood, or in Prestwood, a place-name found in Buckinghamshire and in Sussex. The place-name and the surname are derived from the Old English words preost, which meant priest, and wudu, which meant wood or forest. The surname means "dweller by the priest's wood."