Inglewhite

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 Church. These two establishments seem to be the only ones still open to the public.

A little way out of the village, the lane crosses Sparling Brook. This was the site of the silk mill that gives the lane its name.


A little way upstream, on the left bank, there was a mill pond. There is a house called Silk Mill, but I suspect it is not the actual mill.

The road heading north out of the village is Button Street, reflecting the other old industry in the town. There seems to be no trace of the factory now - or on the map from 1892 as far as I could see.

Nowadays the area is very much agricultural.


With numerous forms scattered around it.



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