Bonds is a village in Lancashire

Lancashire

Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...

, England. It lies immediately south of Garstang

Garstang

Garstang is a town and civil parish within the Wyre borough of Lancashire, England. It is ten miles north-northwest of the city of Preston and eleven miles south of Lancaster, and had a total resident population of 4,074 in 2001....

 town centre, on the opposite bank of the River Wyre

River Wyre

The River Wyre is a river in Lancashire, United Kingdom, which flows into the Irish Sea at Fleetwood. It is approximately 28 miles in length...

. It is bounded by the Lancaster Canal

Lancaster Canal

The Lancaster Canal is a canal in the north of England, originally planned to run from Westhoughton in Lancashire to Kendal in south Cumbria...

 to the south and west. It would appear, from its location, to be a suburb of Garstang, but, in fact, it lies in the separate parish of Barnacre-with-Bonds

Barnacre-with-Bonds

Barnacre-with-Bonds is a civil parish in the Wyre district of Lancashire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,751. The parish covers an area to the south and east of Garstang, including the settlements of Bonds, Calder Vale and Bowgreave....

. Garstang, Bonds, Bowgreave

Bowgreave

Bowgreave is a village in Lancashire, England. Its nearest town is Garstang, a mile to the north....

 and Catterall

Catterall

Catterall is a civil parish in the county of Lancashire in the north of England, located within the Borough of Wyre. Historically in the Amounderness Hundred, it is situated on the A6 between Lancaster and Preston, a short distance from the town of Garstang, and Myerscough College. The Wyre, Calder...

 form an almost continuous built-up area, bypassed by the A6 road in 1926.

The Catholic

Roman Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...

 church of St Mary and St Michael

Church of St Mary and St Michael, Bonds

The Church of St Mary and St Michael, Bonds, is in the village of Bonds, to the south of Garstang, Lancashire, England. It is an active Roman Catholic church in the diocese of Lancaster. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.-History:The church...

 is a Gothic Revival

Gothic Revival architecture

The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...

 building opened in 1858, superseding a chapel built in 1784.

Half a mile east of the village are the ruins of Greenhalgh Castle

Greenhalgh Castle

Greenhalgh Castle is a castle, now ruined, near the town of Garstang in Lancashire, England, .Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby had the castle built in 1490 to provide defence for his estates around Garstang...

, built in 1490 by Thomas Stanley

Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby

Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, KG was titular King of Mann, an English nobleman and stepfather to King Henry VII of England...

.