| Death Place: | Hackensall Hall Farm |
| Nationality: | English |
| Spouse: | John Parkinson |
Dorothy Parkinson (–1925) was an English woman who created the first example of Preesall salt in 1872.In 1872,[1] while her father, John, was landlord of the Black Bull Inn in Preesall, Lancashire,[2] a "syndicate of men" from Barrow-in-Furness stayed at the inn during their search for iron ore in the area. None was to be found, but they did discover a bed of rock salt, from which they took a sample. Upon returning to the inn, Dorothy processed the sample by dissolving, filtering and boiling it, thus creating the very first example of Preesall salt.[3] In 1902, Preesall Salt Works was built to the north of the village's salt marshes, on the east bank of the River Wyre,[4] but Parkinson's involvement ended soon after it began.
On 5 July 1876,[5] Dorothy married another John Parkinson at St James' Church in Stalmine and spent her life as a farmer's wife at Hackensall Hall Farm, where she raised nine children.[6]
Parksinson died in 1925, aged around 70.