Greenhalgh Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Grenhaugh

In the civil parish of Barnacre With Bonds.
In the historic county of Lancashire (Modern Authority of Lancashire, 1974 county of Lancashire).

Castle, duchy licence to crenellate of 1490 granted to Thomas Stanley, earl of Derby, demolished in 1645. The remains of the castle consist of a tower about 7.5m square standing to a height of 8m standing on a knoll, which has contemporary cultivation terraces on its south east flank. The monument is of unusual form with elements of both tower keep and quadrangular castle. The castle also incorporates the remains of the preceeding manor house. The castle was besieged by parliamentarian forces during the civil war and taken in 1645.

This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

A Lancaster licence to crenellate was granted in 1490 Aug 2.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SD50054511

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 42779

• Web site links
  • http://www.lancshalls.co.uk/Fylde/greenhalghcastle.htm
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles and Tower Houses of Lancashire and Cheshire (Malvern) p26
    Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge) p263
    Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p134
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p245
    Gibson, Leslie Irving, 1977, Lancashire Castles and Towers (Dalesman Books)
    Farrer, W. and Brownbill, J. (eds), 1912, VCH Lancashire Vol7 p319
    Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
    Gardner, W., 1908, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Lancashire Vol2 p550-1
    Fishwick, 1907, in Fishwick and Ditchfield (eds), Memorials of Old Lancashire Vol2 p14-15
    Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p188
    Baines, 1870, History of Lancashire (London) Vol2 p534
• Journal Articles
  • Fishwick, H., 1901, 'The Old Castles of Lancashire' Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society Vol19 p70-1
• Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
  • Chetham Library, Towneley MS, CC, no. 580
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/durhameng.html#lancs18]
    Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p267
    Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol4 p9