Garstang

53.902619 - 2.775092Koordinaten: 53 ° 54 ' N, 2 ° 47 ' W

Garstang is a town with 4076 inhabitants ( 2001) and a civil parish in Lancashire, England.

Garstang is mentioned in the Doomsday Book as Cherestanc and is located on an old main route from England to Scotland, which repeatedly led to destruction, such as 1322 when the Scots destroyed the place. 1349/1350 the plague raged in Garstang.

The chapter masters of the sand Cocker Abbey received in 1310 the right to hold a weekly market in Garstang. The market was no longer held even before the Reformation and the dissolution of the monasteries, and granted as Elizabeth I in 1597 the town again the market rights.

Garstang is situated on the River Wyre, which flows to the east and south of the village, as well as the Lancaster Canal in the west. The Garstang and Catterall railway station (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 the distance railway services. The Garstang Town station on the Garstang and Knot- End Railway was closed in 1930 with the setting of the passenger traffic on the line.

Famous residents

• Mary Anne Hobbs, Radio presenter for BBC Radio 1
• Dicky Bond, English national football team and player at Preston North End and Bradford City.