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	Garstang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Garstang is a small town in the county of Lancashire in the North of England, located within the borough of Wyre.
		It is situated on the A6 between Lancaster and Preston, a short distance from Knott End-on-Sea and Myerscough College.
		King Charles II is alleged to have spent the night in a town centre pub during the English Civil War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Garstang (348 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Garstang
		Garstang is a small town in the North of England situated on the A6 between Lancaster and Preston, a short distance from Knott End-on-Sea and Myerscough College.
		The second half saw Garstang revert to their early season form with too many players stopping doing the simple things and it was like the team had forgotten how to defend as a unit.
		Garstang went foward in an attempt to get back into the game and they grabbed a lifeline when a cross from the left was met by a powerful header from Wilson which gave the 'keeper no chance.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Garstang (1061 words)

	John Garstang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		John Garstang (May 5, 1876–September 12, 1956, Beirut) was a British archaeologist of the ancient Near East, especially Anatolia and the southern Levant.
		He served as the Director of the Department of Antiquities in the British Mandate of Palestine between 1920 and 1926, as well as filling the position of Head of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem (1919–1926).
		Later, in 1947, Garstang founded the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, acting as its first director (he was succeeded by Seton Lloyd).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Garstang (188 words)

	Garstang Rugby Union Football Club
		Garstang went down to a third consecutive league defeat against a Colne and Nelson team who are currently riding on the crest of a wave.
		Garstang realised that it was not going to be their day when, with 15 minutes remaining, Colne and Nelson were awarded a difficult penalty chance after an innocuous offence by a Garstang player.
		In the last 15 minutes Garstang threw caution to the wind and they were nearly rewarded when Chris ter Bekke chipped over the opposition defence, but he was unable to gather the ball with the opposition try line beckoning.
	www.garstangrugby.com /viewreport.php?id=53 (732 words)

	Clarke Family
		Garstang seems equally unlikely, as there is no record of a Joseph Clark/e in the baptismal registers, and the family name Clarke is barely represented in the parish.
		Samuel Leach's memoirs suggest that the family was in Garstang by Nov 1745, two years after Robert's death, and it is not too difficult to imagine a scenario in which Joseph would have been sent down to Preston for his education, returning afterwards to his home in Garstang.
		The town was part of the medieval manor of Garstang, owned from 1756 by the Keppel family, who retained property interests in the town as late as 1919.
	www.geocities.com /bruceoz02/clarke (4551 words)

	Garstang.net - Information on Garstang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The council of the Rural District of Garstang was established in 1894.
		The council offices were erected in 1913 by the Board of Guardians and are situated at the north end of the High St. and acquired by the Rural District Council in 1946, in 1974 the Rural District Council merged with the new Wyre Borough Council with all administration now being centred at Poulton-le-Fylde.
		The Parish Church of Garstang is St. Helen, which dates from 1160 and situated in Churchtown about one and a half miles west of Garstang.
	www.garstang.net /History.htm (626 words)

	Fairtrade \| Fairtrade towns \| Garstang
		On a recent visit to Garstang, the 'world's first Fairtrade Town', Alex Yeboah Afari, a banana producer from the VREL co-operative in Ghana was amazed to see 'Share the Passion - buy Fairtrade' posters up and down the high street with shops, businesses, cafés, supermarkets, even the local hardware store declared their support for Fairtrade.
		Garstang proves that this Fairtrade ideal IS achievable and has resulted in over 70% public awareness of Fairtrade and the Fairtrade Mark in Garstang.
		I was invited to speak at a Public Meeting in April 2000 when Garstang was officially declared a Fairtrade Town, as much by default and Clerk intervention leading to a public vote, as anything.
	www.fairtrade.org.uk /towns_garstang.htm (471 words)

	GENUKI: Garstang, Lancashire genealogy
		GARSTANG, a small town, a township, a parish, a sub-district, and a district in Lancashire.
		In 1835 the parish of Garstang contained the townships of Garstang, Pilling, Winmarleigh, Cabus, Nether Wyresdale, Nateby, Kirkland, Barnacre with Bonds, Catterall, Claughton and Bilsborrow.
		For probate purposes prior to 1858, Garstang was in the Archdeaconry of Richmond, in the Diocese of Chester.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/LAN/Garstang (592 words)

	Professor John Garstang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Garstang began his academic career in mathematics at Jesus, College, Oxford, but while still an undergraduate turned his attention to archaeology.
		Garstang was the founding Director of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem (now the Kenyon Institute) in 1920.
		Garstang used the material belonging to the Ottoman Palestine Museum as the basis of the collection for the Palestine Museum in Jerusalem, now the Rockefeller Museum.
	www.pef.org.uk /Pages/Garstang.htm (427 words)

	Garstang Enterprises, Inc. - Business Consulting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Garstang Enterprises, Inc. is a marketing and business consulting firm.
		We work with business owners and executives of companies under $50 million that are frustrated with a lack of growth, concerned with company profitability or worried about employee selection and retention.
		Typically, these owners and executives do not have the marketing or planning resources on staff, can not afford the cost of a large national consulting firm and need an experienced resource to guide and assist with establishing a clear direction.
	www.garstangenterprises.com (203 words)

	BBC - Lancashire - Sport - Lytham 7-15 Garstang
		Garstang won their final league encounter of the season in a fiercely competitive game against a very strong Lytham outfit.
		With half time looming Garstang were starting to get frustrated with the referee’s interpretation of the laws at the ruck area, and this eventually boiled over.
		Garstang eventually cleared their lines but they lost the ball in midfield.
	www.bbc.co.uk /lancashire/content/articles/2006/05/02/ru_garstang_lytham_280406.shtml (893 words)

	Commentary Magazine - The Story of Jericho, by John Garstang and J. B. E. Garstang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		...In support of these conclusions, Garstang observes that the exterior walls of the city appear indeed to have fallen outwards, as one would naturally expect in the case of an earthquake, while between the outer and the inner walls there is marked evidence of conflagration...
		...Garstang believes that the Exodus from Egypt took place around I450 BCE and that Jericho fell some fifty years later...
		...GARSTANG'S narrative and his skilful interweaving of the archaeological and Biblical evidence is indeed seductive, but the lay reader should know that the reconstruction here proposed does not command anything like unqualified acceptance by other authorities...
	www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V7I2P110-1.htm (864 words)

	Gund Garstang
		Garstang is a gorgeous gorilla who has charcoal gray fur highlighted with warm, sable brown tips.
		Garstang and family welcome a new member into the clan, and he's a big'un!
		Standing 32" tall, Garstang gives a great hug and his love for you is eternal.
	www.bearst.com /garstang.html (187 words)

	Garstang Fair Trade: Update Archive
		While in Garstang she called in for a glass of fair trade wine at the Crown Pub, had lunch at the Coffee Pot cafe and visited Garstang Community Primary School where it is hoped that web cam links can be developed between pupils at the school and school children in Ghana.
		Sally Keeble was particularly impressed with the links made in Garstang between cocoa farmers in Ghana and local farmers struggling also to get a fair price for their produce and the work done in partnership with Garstang's schools.
		At the Garstang town Council meeting held on Monday 18th February 2002, the Council accepted the proposal that Garstang forms a twin relationship with the town of New Koforidua outside Kumasi in Ghana.
	www.garstangfairtrade.org.uk /update_archive.htm (2551 words)

	Garstang URC > Weekly Programme
		Garstang has 70 members on its roll, but with adherents the Church Family is approximately 90 adults and the average attendance of young people and children in Junior Church on a Sunday morning is 25.
		There is a good community spirit in Garstang with many of the church members involved in voluntary organisations within the town.
		Garstang holds an annual Festival of Arts in which the Church plays a full part.
	www.garstangurc.org.uk /about.php?page=church (509 words)

	Garstang, John - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Garstang, John (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		He led an archaeological expedition to Jericho, Jordan, 1930–36, which revealed successive layers of occupation from Neolithic (New Stone Age) times, and also conducted research in Egypt, Palestine, and Turkey.
		Garstang was born in Lancashire and educated at Oxford.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Garstang,%20John (179 words)

	Garstang : Envi Sci Dept, UVA
		Garstang, M., D. Fitzjarrald, K. Fristrup, and C. Brain (2005): The daily cycle of low-frequency elephant calls and near-surface atmospheric conditions.
		Angelini, I., M. Garstang, S. Macko, R. Swap, D. Stewart, and H.B. Cunha (2003): Isotopic variations and internal storm dynamics in the Amazon Basin.
		Fuentes, J., B. Hayden, M. Garstang, M. Lerdau, D. Fitzjarrald, D.D. Baldocchi, R. Monson, B. Lamb, and C. Geron (2002): VOCs and biosphere-atmosphere feedbacks.
	www.evsc.virginia.edu /faculty/people/garstang.shtml (456 words)

	Garstang Links
		Tourism Garstang - Provides tourist information on accommodation and activities in the area, and a brief local history.
		Garstang High School: Design and Technology Department - An overview of the work involved in progressing through the course to GCSE level.
		Garstang Fair Town - Provides information on Fairtrade issues and activities in Garstang, the world's first Fairtrade Town.
	www.welcome-2-europe.com /United_Kingdom_England_Lancashire_Garstang.html (2067 words)

	Local Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		There has been a settlement in Garstang since AD597 and in 1597 an Act of Elizabeth I decreed that a market could be held.
		In the days of the Turnpike roads Garstang was a busy coaching town with coaches rattling through its cobbled streets disgorging tired and hungry passengers into its inns many of which still exist.
		For many years Garstang changed little but since the early 1960's extensive residential development has taken place with the urban population including the separate parishes of Catterall, Barnacre-with-Bonds and Cabus trebling to about 8,000 and a further extension planned.
	www.garstangrotary.org.uk /Club/local_info.asp (233 words)

	Garstang - Find, Compare, and Buy at Shopping.com
		Garstang the Gorilla is as happy as he can be, with a generous smile on his face and quite the full...
		Garstang is a soft, huggable, friendly stuffed gorilla with brown tipped charcoal grey fur.
		Garstang is wearing a graduation cap and has a sign around his neck that reads "Before I couldn't spell graduate now i are one!".
	www.shopping.com /xGS-Garstang (501 words)

	Sport - Garstang Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Garstang continued to dominate but they were lacking a little bit of composure which is why, when they received a penalty five yards from the line, they elected to take the simple three points rather than go for another try (10-0).
		The second half followed the pattern of the first although Garstang had to change tactically, by reducing the amount of kicking, because they were playing into a fierce wind.
		Garstang continued to play the game in the opposition half with Steve Swarbrick, Allan Whitaker and Richard Orr making the hard yards in the midfield.
	www.garstangtoday.co.uk /ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=1132&ArticleID=977198 (727 words)

	Garstang- The world's first fair trade town
		Garstang, a small town in Lancashire, UK, has become the world's first "Fair Trade town".
		Almost every shop in Garstang is now proudly displaying a specially designed sticker declaring their support for Fair Trade and local produce.
		The group held an official opening ceremony with the unveiling of a plaque, and they have added Garstangâs new title to road signs at the town's boundary.
	www.organicconsumers.org /starbucks/garstang.cfm (302 words)

	Garstang, UK Hotels
		The Crofters is a 3 star hotel ideally situated on the a6, near the market town of Garstang....
		We are situated in Garstang and are only twenty minutes drive from Preston, Blackpool and Lancaster....
		Fleetwood is located in North West Lancashire, at the mouth of the River Wyre, 2 miles north of Blackpool....
	www.activereservations.com /hotel/en/unitedkingdom/england/lancashire/garstang (306 words)

	News - Garstang Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Garstang Travel director Nicole Eaves, commenting on the closure of the rival business, said: "The high street multiples have failed to embrace the challenges within the travel industry.
		She said she viewed the closure of Thomas Cook in Garstang as an opportunity for her own company, which is expanding with a new administration department and a full foreign exchange bureau.
		President of Garstang Chamber of Trade, Gail O'Brien said she was disappointed at Thomas Cook pulling out of Garstang, saying: "It is always sad when a service provider leaves.
	www.garstangtoday.co.uk /ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=1131&ArticleID=1017948 (732 words)

	Making Garstang a Fairtrade Town
		Later in 1997 a Garstang Fairtrade Guide was published although, at that time, only five places in Garstang sold Fairtrade items.
		On his visit George Foulkes said "...the beacon that has started here in Garstang can spread like wildfire across the whole of the country." Of course if the fire is to spread the people of Garstang need to keep the beacon burning.
		The 2002 Garstang Fairtrade / Local Produce Directory was launched on the same day as the plaque unveiling and is now available from the Discovery Centre and other outlets in and around Garstang.
	www.garstangfairtrade.org.uk /fairtrade_campaign.htm (1562 words)

	Garstang Oxfam Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The Garstang Oxfam Group 'Make Trade Fair' raffle was drawn at the Discovery Centre in Garstang on Saturday 13th September 2003.
		Garstang's Mayor Anne Humphries drew the winning ticket owned by 13 year old Joe Swarbrick of Catterall near Garstang.
		Bruce is very grateful to all the people of Garstang who have kindly donated towards this project.
	www.garstangoxfamgroup.org.uk /raffle.htm (327 words)

	Wyre Borough Council - History of Wyre - Garstang
		Garstang is a small market town, which grew up where Lancashire’s great north-south main road crosses the Wyre.
		The name Garstang may have sprung from the Saxon word "Gaerstung" meaning common land or meadowland.
		The plan to construct a railway from Knott End through the Over-Wyre area to Garstang and connect it to the London and North-west Railway Company’s line at Garstang and Catterall station was mooted in the early 1860s by local landowners.
	www.wyrebc.gov.uk /Council_Services/Tourist_Information/History_of_Wyre/Garstang.asp (376 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Garstang,
		Garstang, John GARSTANG, JOHN [Garstang, John] 1876-1956, English archaeologist.
		He served as W. Flinders Petrie 's field assistant in Egypt in 1899 and was professor of archaeology at the Univ. of Liverpool from 1907 to 1941, when he became professor emeritus.
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Garstang," at HighBeam.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Garstang, (335 words)

	Garstang Family Crest
		Today's generation of the Garstang family bears a name that was brought to England by the migration wave that was started by the Norman Conquest of 1066.
		In Old English Garstang means spear pole, which was often used as a reference marker to establish borders between villages or counties.
		In the Garstang coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement.
	houseofnames.com /xq/asp.fc/qx/garstang-family-crest.htm?a=54323=224 (650 words)

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