Short answers, pulled from the story.
Ormskirk is a market town in Lancashire, England, known for its gingerbread, its twice-weekly open market, and its Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul. The church is one of only three in England with both a tower and a separate spire at the same end of the building.
The name Ormskirk comes from Old Norse, derived from Ormr kirkja. Ormr is a personal name meaning "serpent" or dragon, and kirkja means church. The leading theory is that Ormr was a Viking settler who converted to Christianity and founded the original church, though his identity is unknown and no archaeological evidence confirms this.
Ormskirk's market was established by a royal charter granted by Edward I in 1286 to the monks of Burscough Priory. Thursday has been market day in Ormskirk since at least 1292, and the market continues to be held on Thursdays and Saturdays today.
The Derby Chapel in the Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul contains members of the Stanley family, Earls of Derby. Thomas Stanley, the first Earl, who changed sides at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 and caused Richard III to lose his crown, is buried there. James Stanley, the seventh Earl, beheaded at Bolton in 1651, is buried with his body in one coffin and his head in a separate casket.
Ormskirk station opened on the 2nd of April 1849, promoted by the Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway and completed by the East Lancashire Railway. It is now a northern terminus of Merseyrail. The station was refurbished in 2009 at a cost of one million pounds.
Notable people from Ormskirk include the physicist James Jeans, president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1925 to 1927; the singer Marianne Faithfull, known for "As Tears Go By"; the actor Jonathan Pryce; and the footballer Duncan Ferguson, who played mainly for Everton. John Rimmer won two gold medals at the 1900 Summer Olympics in track and field.