THE ARMS OF THE PARISH OF
 OUR LADY OF LOURDES AND SAINT GERARD MAJELLA, LOSTOCK HALL

The Coat of Arms of the Parish is based on the Coat of Arms of Ampleforth Abbey whose Monks have served the Parish since 1802. 

In its turn the Coat of Arms of Ampleforth Abbey is the Coat of Arms of Westminster Abbey, London, which from 785 may have been run by Benedictine Monks and certainly from 947 was run by Benedictine Monks, through its restoration in 1065 by Edward the Confessor until the Reformation.

In 1535, under King Henry VIII, the Benedictine Monks were expelled from Westminster. In 1553, Queen Mary Tudor got Benedictine Monks from Evesham Abbey to resettle in Westminster Abbey - thus linking Evesham with Westminster. After Queen Mary's death Westminster Abbey ceased to exist as a Monastic House and by 1607 only one Monk remained alive (in prison). This monk passed on the Benedictine Habit along with the rights of Westminster Abbey to two English Monks who had joined a Benedictine Monastery in Spain. In turn one of these Monks, in 1613, went to the newly founded English Benedictine Monastery of St Laurence in Dieulouard, Lorraine, France.

From 1677 Monks of St Laurence's Dieulouard served the area of Tardygate, firstly from Brindle (1677-1780) and then from Brownedge (1780-1891).

This Dieulouard Community, was in its turn expelled from France in 1793, at the French Revolution. In 1802 they settled at Ampleforth in Yorkshire. Since 1802 to the present day, Monks from Ampleforth have served Brindle, Brownedge, Tardygate and Leyland.

Thus Evesham Abbey, linked to Tarydgate through Penwortham Priory before the Reformation, became linked to Tardygate after the Reformation through its links with Westminster Abbey (1553 -1607) and Westminster's links with Ampleforth Abbey (1607 - 1793 - 1802).