Lancashire

Churches

The 10 most recent updates, and selected earlier developments

15 April 2004

Fleetwood, St Nicholas added

12 April 2004

Flookburgh, St John added

11 April 2004

Cartmel, Priory added

20 December 2003

Desktop Backgrounds page introduced

14 December 2003

Longridge, St Lawrence added

8 December 2003

Kirkham, St John Evangelist added, Directory updated, 20,000+ hits, 60 churches now described

21 November 2003

Arkholme, St John the Baptist added, Directory updated

17 November 2003

Hawkshead, St Michael added

9 November 2003

Lindale, St Paul added, Directory updated

19 October 2003

Lancaster, St Peter's Cathedral added,

Directory updated

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5 August 2003

Up Holland, St Thomas added, Lancashire Churches is listed on the Lancashire Portal of the Lancashire County Council website Click

13 July 2003

Fleetwood, St Peter added, 50 churches now described, Directory updated

26 April 2003

New - Lancashire Church Photograph Directory added - access from The Churches page

16 March 2003

Blackpool, St John added, 10,000+ hits, 40 churches now described

23 November 2002

Warton, St Oswald added, 5000+ hits

23 August 2002

Garstang, St Thomas added, 30 churches now described

13 June 2002

Great Urswick, St Mary & St Michael added

Lancashire Churches is a featured site on the Lancashire Local History pages of the BBC website Click

7 June 2002

Aldingham, St Cuthbert added

Lancashire Churches is a June Link on the Ecclesiological Society website: "A well constructed site" Click

1 June 2002

Website redesigned - no frames, better browser compatibility, The Churches page introduced (thumbnails), Location map revised

26 May 2002

Guest Book added and location map revised

19 May 2002

Barnacre, All Saints added, News page added (this is it!)

14 April 2002

Lancashire Churches website goes live with photographs and commentaries on 11 churches

St Annes, Fairhaven Congregational (1907-12)

An exotic church by Briggs, Wolstenholme and Thornley, in white faience.

Fleetwood, St Peter (1840-41)

By Decimus Burton. It originally had a spire, and has a later east end by Paley & Austin.

Pilling, St John (old)

The south door of this redundant church has a datestone of 1717 and a sundial of 1766.

Blackpool, St Stephen-on-the-Cliffs (1927)

By Austin & Paley. Brick without, stone within. The narthex (seen left) was completed in 2002.

Photographs and text © Tony Boughen