Parish Council - Centenary - Churchtown, Lancashire - Commercial Commemorations on Waymarking.com

Wooden bench erected to celebrate the centenary of Churchtown Parish Council.

A plaque on the bench reads -
ERECTED TO
CELEBRATE
THE
PARISH COUNCIL
CENTENARY
1894 - 1994

"Kirkland (literally, Churchtown - the name by which it is currently known) is a village and civil parish located on the banks of the River Wyre midway between Preston and Lancaster in the English county of Lancashire.

Kirkland forms part of the Wyre district. It has a long history centred on its parish church, St Helen's, known as the Cathedral of the Fylde. The church includes

A lepers' window to enable those unfortunates an opportunity to attend its services
A grave marker for the village's only victim of the Black Plague
A large rafter, once known as the "new beam", supposedly presented to the parish by King Henry VIII at the time of the Reformation

There are significant pointers such as a circular churchyard with several yew trees to its original use as a Druid temple. It was believed by some that the area may have been the site where Christian missionaries from Ireland first set foot in Lancashire at the end of the navigational portion of the River Wyre which flows to the Irish Sea some 14 miles away."

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"Garstang Rural District was a rural district in the county of Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974.

The district had its origins in the Garstang Poor Law Union, which had been created in 1837, covering Garstang itself and several surrounding parishes. In 1872 sanitary districts were established, giving public health and local government responsibilities to the existing boards of guardians for the rural parts of their poor law unions that were not already covered by an urban authority. As there were no urban authorities within the Garstang Poor Law Union, the Garstang Rural Sanitary District covered the same area.

Under the Local Government Act 1894, rural sanitary districts became rural districts from 28 December 1894."

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Anniversary Year: 1994 Year of Event, Organization or Occurance: 1894 Address: St Helen Church Street Churchtown , Lancashire England PR3 0HT Website: [Web Link]

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