The Black Bull, formerly known as the Black Bull Inn and Black Bull Hotel, is a public house in Preesall, Lancashire, 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.History, Directory, and Gazetteer, of the County Palatine of Lancaster: With a Variety of Commercial & Statistical Information, Volume 2 (1825), p. 663 Between 1853 and 1892, the role was filled by John Parkinson.Sketches and Tales, Thomas Newbigging (1883), p. 38 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."Early days of the Preesall salt mines: An underground industry which changed the face of Lancashire" – Blackpool Gazette, 29 November 2018
The current licensee, Lee Bowser, took over in September 2022, succeeding Anthony Gills.
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