Around Preston

Inglewhite is a small village 9 miles northeast of Preston. It is a pretty place that we would go through when taking the kids to or from scout camp, but today was the first time I actually stopped there. There is not much to the village; about a dozen houses around the green. It is the meeting point of four roads, and there were tollbooths on all of them. I think the white building just left of centre is the only surviving one. There was a market here at one time, and the market cross dates from 1675. On the south side is the old Smithy. It became a cafe for a while, but is now residential. It has this interesting plaque from the AA on the side. Looking at a map from 1892, there were three pubs here at one time - about a quarter of the houses! One seems to have disappeared altogether. The building in the image below with the cars outside it was the Black Bull Inn.  The Green Man on Silk Mill Lane is still operating. A short way further down the lane is Inglewhite Congregational Ch...