Garswood
Sign in to saveGarswood is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of St. Helens, Merseyside, England. The village is within the civil parish of Seneley Green. The parish was part of Ashton-in-Makerfield until the 1974 boundary changes.
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- Locality
- Wigan
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 6,183
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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- 6183
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- The Railway pub, Garswood.JPG
- Dialing code
- 01744
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- SJ556993
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Garswood is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of St. Helens, Merseyside, England. The village is within the civil parish of Seneley Green. The parish was part of Ashton-in-Makerfield until the 1974 boundary changes.
==History== In the historic county of Lancashire, Garswood is from Old English gyr “fir” and wudu "wood", the fir wood. The name was recorded as Gratiswode (undated).
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