Preesall with Hackensall, Lancashire
Historical Description
Preesall-with-Hackensall, a township in Lancaster parish, Lancashire, on Lancaster Bay and the river Wyre, opposite Fleetwood. It has a post and money order office under Preston; telegraph office, Stalmine. Acreage, 2962 of land and 5250 of water and foreshore; population, 896. There is a parish council consisting of six members. A cemetery for this township and for Stalmine-with-Stainall was formed in 1856, and there is a Congregational chapel, enlarged in 1888.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Lancashire | |
| Civil parish | Lancaster | |
| Hundred | Amounderness | |
| Poor Law union | Garstang |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Lancashire Archives, have images of the Parish Registers for Lancashire online.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Preesall with Hackensall from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Preesall, with Hackensall)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lancashire newspapers online: