page_title: St Mary's Church, Goosnargh
section_title: Churchyard
hierarchical_section_title: St Mary's Church, Goosnargh / Churchyard
caption_attribution_description: English: Sundial in St Mary the Virgin's parish churchyard, Goosnargh, Lancashire
context_page_description: The Church of St Mary the Virgin is an Anglican church in Goosnargh, a village north of Preston in Lancashire, England. The church dates from the Middle Ages; it was enlarged in the 16th century and restored twice in the 19th century.
  St Mary's is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Lancaster. It has been designated a Grade II* listed building by English Heritage.
context_section_description: The gravestones in the churchyard include one dated 1668. There are war graves of four soldiers of World War I and one of World War II. To the south of the church there is a sandstone sundial which has two circular steps with a pedestal shaped like a vase; there is plate attached which is dated July 1746 and bears the name of the Rev. C. Swainson.  It has been designated as a Grade II listed building. South of the chancel is the sandstone base of a preaching cross from the late Middle Ages. The cross base also has a Grade II designation.
caption: Sundial in the churchyard
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