Bonds is a village in
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
, England. It lies immediately south of
Garstang
Garstang is an ancient market town and civil parish within the Wyre borough of Lancashire, England. It is north of the city of Preston and the same distance south of Lancaster.
In 2011, the parish had a total resident population of 4,268; ...
town centre, on the opposite bank of the
River Wyre
The River Wyre is a river in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, which flows into the Irish Sea at Fleetwood. It is approximately 28 miles (45 km) in length. The river is a County Biological Heritage Site and has a sheltered estuary ...
. It is bounded by the
Lancaster Canal
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to the south and west. Garstang, Bonds,
Bowgreave
Bowgreave is a village in the parish of Barnacre-with-Bonds, Lancashire, England. Its nearest town is Garstang, a mile to the north.
Garstang Community Academy
Garstang Community Academy (formerly Garstang High School) is a secondary sch ...
and
Catterall
Catterall is a village and civil parish in the borough of Wyre, Lancashire, England. Historically in the Amounderness Hundred, it is situated on the A6 between Lancaster and Preston, a short distance from the town of Garstang, and Myerscou ...
form an almost continuous built-up area, which was bypassed by the
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in 1928.
[The Times, 28 Oct 1928, page 18] (Some sources state, incorrectly, that this occurred in 1926.). While it is often regarded as a ''de facto'' suburb of Garstang, Bonds forms part of a different
civil parish
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:
Barnacre-with-Bonds
Barnacre-with-Bonds is a civil parish in the Wyre district of Lancashire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,751 increasing to 2,148 at the 2011 Census. The parish covers an area to the south and east of Garstang
...
.
The
Roman Catholic
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church of St Mary and St Michael is a
Gothic Revival
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building consecrated in 1858, superseding a chapel built in 1784.)
east of the village is the ruin of
Greenhalgh Castle
Greenhalgh Castle is a castle, now ruined, near the town of Garstang in Lancashire, England.
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, had the castle built in 1490 to provide defence for his estates around Garstang. He was also allowed to enclose a par ...
, built in 1490 for
Thomas Stanley.
See also
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Listed buildings in Barnacre-with-Bonds
Barnacre-with-Bonds is a civil parish in the Wyre district of Lancashire, England. It contains 24 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowes ...
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References
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External links
Barnacre-with-Bonds Parish Council
Villages in Lancashire
Garstang
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