Garstang
Coordinates: 53 ° 54 ′ N , 2 ° 47 ′ W
Garstang is a town with 4076 inhabitants (2001) and a civil parish in Lancashire , England .
history
Garstang is already mentioned in the Domesday Book as Cherestanc and is located on an old main route from England to Scotland, which has repeatedly led to destruction, such as in 1322 when the Scots destroyed the place. In 1349/1350 the plague raged in Garstang.
The lords of the Cockersand Abbey were given the right to hold a weekly market in Garstang in 1310. However, the market was no longer held before the Reformation and the dissolution of the monasteries , and so Elisabeth I granted the place market rights again in 1597.
geography
Garstang lies on the River Wyre , which flows to the east and south of the town, and the Lancaster Canal to the west. The station Garstang and Catterall (originally Garstang station) of Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway (now part of the West Coast Main Line ) in Catterall was until its closure in 1969 of the town's station in distance railway services. The station Garstang Town at the Garstang and Knot-end Railway was closed in 1930 with the setting of the passenger traffic on the line.
Famous residents
- Paul Swarbrick (* 1958), Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Lancaster
- Marie Anne Hobbs , radio presenter on BBC Radio 1 .
- Dicky Bond , English national soccer player and player for Preston North End and Bradford City .