Garstang
Title
Garstang
Also Known As
Churchtown
Dedication
Helen
Affiliation
Medieval Diocese
Circary
History
A parish church dependent on the Premonstratensian abbey of Cockersand. The church was built in the 13th century, but substantially rebuilt in the 15th and 16th centuries. In the 19th century, a clerestory was added.
Heads of Community
Vicars:
Benedict, fl. 1277-78
Roger de Cockersand, fl. 1281
William de Skipton, fl. 1330
William de Lonersale, fl. 1341
William de Caton, fl. 1347
Richard Pacock, fl. 1356
Richard de Preston, fl. 1380
Roger Pacock, fl. 1385
Thomas de Green, fl. 1395
Robert Lancaster, fl. ca. 1410
Robert Carrington, fl. 1421
Roger Garnet, fl. 1422
Robert Overton, fl. 1423
Thomas Hoton, fl. 1429
Henry, fl. 1461?
John Bradford, fl. 1481
John Woods, fl. 1500
Thomas Bowland, fl. 1508
John Lancaster, fl. ca. 1515
John Dugdale, fl. 1535
Richard Preston, fl. 1545
Benedict, fl. 1277-78
Roger de Cockersand, fl. 1281
William de Skipton, fl. 1330
William de Lonersale, fl. 1341
William de Caton, fl. 1347
Richard Pacock, fl. 1356
Richard de Preston, fl. 1380
Roger Pacock, fl. 1385
Thomas de Green, fl. 1395
Robert Lancaster, fl. ca. 1410
Robert Carrington, fl. 1421
Roger Garnet, fl. 1422
Robert Overton, fl. 1423
Thomas Hoton, fl. 1429
Henry, fl. 1461?
John Bradford, fl. 1481
John Woods, fl. 1500
Thomas Bowland, fl. 1508
John Lancaster, fl. ca. 1515
John Dugdale, fl. 1535
Richard Preston, fl. 1545
Status
Parish church
Reference
Bibliography
Farrer, William, and J. Brownbill, eds. “The Parish of Garstang.” In A History of the County of Lancaster, 7:291–300. London: Victoria County History, 1912. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol7/pp291-300.
Image Credit
St. Helen's Church, 2009. Wikimedia.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Garstang,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/898.