Greenhalgh Castle

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Coordinates: 53 ° 53 ′ 59.3 "  N , 2 ° 45 ′ 41.7"  W.

The ruins of Greenhalgh Castle

Greenhalgh Castle was a fortress near Garstang in Lancashire , England .

Thomas Stanley , who built the castle, first assisted Henry VII in the Battle of Bosworth on August 22, 1485 . The dispute over the English throne was not yet resolved with this battle. In 1487 there was an attempt to depose Henry VII. The insurgents gathered in Ireland and crossed from there to Lancashire in England. They found support from Sir Thomas Broughton , Sir Thomas Pilkington , Robert Hilton and James Harrington, who owned land in Lancashire, and so took Garstang for themselves. At the Battle of Stoke, troops led by the king and troops led by Thomas Stanley defeated the insurgents on June 16, 1487. Some of the rebels were then executed in Garstang. Henry VII also confiscated large rebel lands in Lancashire, which he transferred to Thomas Stanley in gratitude for his support. In order to be able to defend and monitor this new property, the king granted Stanley the privilege to build the Greenhalgh fortress near Garstang on August 2, 1490.

The 7th Earl of Derby, Earl James, was also a supporter of the king in the English Civil War . By late 1644, Republican forces had Lancashire under their control, with the exception of Lathom House and Greenhalgh Castle, both of which belonged to the Earl of Derby. The siege of Greenhalgh Castle ended after two years in May 1645 when the besieged were assured that they would be allowed to return to their hometowns unharmed. The Republicans then dragged the fortress so that such a process could not be repeated again.

The ruins of the fortress, which only consists of the remains of one of the original four towers, are still visible today near Garstang.

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