Standish Church

The church of St. Wilfrids at Standish has some interesting wooden gargoyles on the clock surround.

A large granite boulder in the churchyard reads “This stone was found in the new portion 11 feet deep” apparently by the Parish Clerk on 14th September 1895. It is smooth and worn, probably a glacial erratic.

An ornamental stone bible that is open at Ecclesiastes Chap. V.I. together with a fine, vertical sundial which reads “Let no passing cloud of bitterness thine accustom’d serenity o’ershadow”.

There is also a large, two-storey stone gatehouse with tower at the entry.

The Granite Boulder at Standish Church

Wooden Gargoyle, Standish Church

Stone Bible at Standish Church

The Stone Gatehouse at Standish Church

Local History

Historic monuments near Standish Church

Up Holland Benedictine priory – 6.52 km away
Headless Cross, Grimeford – 6.20 km away
Bretters Farm moated site and two fishponds – 6.31 km away
Pike Stones chambered long cairn – 9.43 km away
Boar’s Den bowl barrow – 4.63 km away
Ingrave Farm moated site, moated site 100m W of Ingrave Farm and connecting channel, Eccleston – 9.36 km away
Bradley Hall, moated site, fishponds and connecting channels – 7.72 km away
The Moat House moated site 600m WNW of St David’s Church – 3.91 km away
Cross base on Standish Wood Lane 700m south east of Standish Hall – 1.50 km away
Moated site at Arley Hall, Haigh near Wigan – 2.59 km away
Mabs Cross on Standishgate, 20m west of Mabs Cross School building – 4.56 km away
Gidlow Hall moated site, Aspull, 560m NNE of Pennington Hall – 6.99 km away
Cross base at the junction of Standish Green Lane, Standish Wood Lane and Beech Walk, 200m NNW of Strickland House Farm, Standish – 0.76 km away
Cross base on Green Lane 300m north of Strickland House Farm, Standish – 0.65 km away
Market cross in the marketplace to the west of St Wilfrid’s Church, Standish – 0.06 km away
Winstanley moated site and five fishponds – 7.10 km away
Haigh Sough mine drainage portal, 310m west of Park House – 4.18 km away