Black Bull, Preesall
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The Black Bull, formerly known as the Black Bull Inn and Black Bull Hotel, is a
public house A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption Licensing laws of the United Kingdom#On-licence, on the premises. The term first appeared in England in the ...
in
Preesall Preesall is a town, civil parish and electoral ward in Lancashire, England. The parish (until 1910 known as Preesall with Hackensall) covers the eastern bank of the estuary of the River Wyre, including Knott End-on-Sea, Pilling Lane and the v ...
,
Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...
, England. Dating to 1762,''A History of Blackpool, the Fylde and South Wyre''
– Nick Moore (2018), p. 112
it stands on Park Lane. 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 Barrow-in-Furness is a port town and civil parish (as just "Barrow") in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in the county of Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borou ...
stayed at the inn during their search for
iron ore Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in color from dark grey, bright yellow, or deep purple to rusty red. The iron is usually found in the f ...
in the area. None was to be found, but they did discover a bed of
rock salt Halite ( ), commonly known as rock salt, is a type of salt, the mineral (natural) form of sodium chloride ( Na Cl). Halite forms isometric crystals. The mineral is typically colorless or white, but may also be light blue, dark blue, purple, pi ...
, from which they took a sample. Upon returning to the inn, Parkinson's 17-year-old daughter,
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, processed the sample by dissolving, filtering and boiling it, thus creating the first example of Preesall salt. The current licensee, Lee Bowser, took over in September 2022, succeeding Anthony Gills.


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* 1762 establishments in England Buildings and structures in the Borough of Wyre Pubs in Lancashire Hotels in Lancashire {{pub-stub