Black Bull, Preesall
The inn's first licensee was John Bamber, who ran it between 1776 and 1789. Between 1853 and 1892, the role was filled by John Parkinson. In 1872, during Parkinson's tenure, a "syndicate of men" from Barrow-in-Furness stayed at the inn during their search for iron ore in the area. None was to be found, but they did discover a bed of rock salt, from which they took a sample. Upon returning to the inn, Parkinson's 17-year-old daughter, Dorothy, processed the sample by dissolving, filtering and boiling it, thus creating the first example of Preesall salt. In 1902, Preesall Salt Works was built to the north of the village's salt marshes, on the eastern banks of the River Wyre. Dorothy married another John Parkinson and spent her life as a farmer's wife at Hackensall Hall Farm, where she raised nine children. She died in 1925.
The current licensee, Lee Bowser, took over in September 2022, succeeding Anthony Gills.
References
- ^ The London Gazette (1903), p. 3197
- ^ Proceedings at a Meeting of the Lancashire County Council, Lancashire County Council, 1936, p. 500
- ^ A History of Blackpool, the Fylde and South Wyre – Nick Moore (2018), p. 112
- ^ Black Bull's official website
- ^ History, Directory, and Gazetteer, of the County Palatine of Lancaster: With a Variety of Commercial & Statistical Information, Volume 2 (1825), p. 663
- ^ Sketches and Tales, Thomas Newbigging (1883), p. 38
- ^ "Early days of the Preesall salt mines: An underground industry which changed the face of Lancashire" – Blackpool Gazette, 29 November 2018
- ^ "Dangers beneath Lancashire's fields" – Lancashire Evening Post, 11 December 2018
- ^ "Lee Robert BOWSER personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
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