[2] There is evidence that the eastern side of the River Wyre was occupied during the Danish invasions of the 9th and 10th centuries.

[5] It was abolished in 1974 and amalgamated under the Local Government Act 1972 to form part of the district of Wyre, but retained its own mayor and town council.

[citation needed] West of the village itself lies a number of bodies of water, known locally as the Flashes.

[6] Parrox Hall is a Grade II* listed country house, probably built in the early 17th century, which replaced and partly incorporated a previous building.

It stands in its own grounds on the southern edge of the village of Preesall and is built of rendered brick in two storeys to an H-shaped floor plan.

[7] The site of the hall has been continuously owned by members of the same family who have descended from the original Lord of the Manor of Preesall-with-Hackensall, Geoffrey the Crossbowman (Galfridus Arbalastarius).

[12][13] Carter's Charity Voluntary Controlled Primary School, is located on Pilling Lane.

Preesall used to lie on the long closed Garstang and Knot-End Railway which was built to provide an outlet for farmers in Over Wyre to transport their produce up and down the country.