Bonds, Lancashire

Bonds
Village
Roman Catholic church of SS Mary and Michael
Bonds is located in the Borough of Wyre
Bonds
Bonds
Shown within Wyre Borough
Bonds is located in Lancashire
Bonds
Bonds
Location within Lancashire
OS grid referenceSD493448
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPreston
Postcode districtPR3
Dialling code01995
PoliceLancashire
FireLancashire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
WebsiteBarnacre-with-Bonds Parish Council
List of places
UK
England
Lancashire
53°53′49″N 2°46′16″W / 53.897°N 2.771°W / 53.897; -2.771

Bonds is a village in Lancashire, England. It lies immediately south of Garstang town centre, on the opposite bank of the River Wyre. It is bounded by the Lancaster Canal to the south and west. Garstang, Bonds, Bowgreave and Catterall form an almost continuous built-up area, which was bypassed by the A6 road in 1928.[1] (Some sources state, incorrectly, that this occurred in 1926.[2]). While it is often regarded as a de facto suburb of Garstang, Bonds forms part of a different civil parish: Barnacre-with-Bonds.

The Roman Catholic church of St Mary and St Michael is a Gothic Revival building consecrated in 1858, superseding a chapel built in 1784.[3][4])

12 mile (800 m) east of the village is the ruin of Greenhalgh Castle, built in 1490 for Thomas Stanley.[5]

  1. ^ The Times, 28 Oct 1928, page 18
  2. ^ Greenall 2007, p. 52.
  3. ^ Greenall 2007, p. 7.
  4. ^ Hewitson 2003, p. 53.
  5. ^ Hewitson 2003, p. 53–54.