Preesall
Sign in to savethumb|St Oswald's Church, Preesall Preesall is a town, civil parish and electoral ward in the Wyre district, in the county of 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 village of Preesall itself. The parish of Preesall had a population of 5,314 recorded in the 2001 census, rising to 5,694 at the 2011 census.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Preesall
- UK place.static_image_name
- The Black Bull, Preesall (geograph 3974374).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Black Bull public house, Preesall
- UK place.civil_parish
- Preesall
- UK place.population
- 5,694
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD365471
- UK place.shire_district
- Wyre
- UK place.shire_county
- Lancashire
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.post_town
- POULTON-LE-FYLDE
- UK place.postcode_area
- FY
- UK place.postcode_district
- FY6
- UK place.dial_code
- 01253
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Lancaster and Fleetwood
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom Borough of Wyre#United Kingdom The Fylde
- UK place.pushpin_map_caption
- Shown within Wyre Borough##Shown on the Fylde
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thumb|St Oswald's Church, Preesall Preesall is a town, civil parish and electoral ward in the Wyre district, in the county of 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 village of Preesall itself. The parish of Preesall had a population of 5,314 recorded in the 2001 census, rising to 5,694 at the 2011 census.
==History== There is evidence that the eastern side of the River Wyre was occupied during the Danish invasions of the 9th and 10th centuries. Preesall is mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086) as being a part of the Hundred of Amounderness and the Domesday place name is given as Pressouede.