Lancashire Church History

Church of England Dioceses

• Blackburn.
• Carlisle.
• Liverpool.
• Manchester.

Roman Catholic Dioceses

• Lancaster.
• Liverpool.
• Salford.

United Reformed Church

The North West Synod of the United Reformed Church is comprised of four districts:

• Cumbria.
• Lancashire.
• Central.
• South.

The Mersey Synod has three districts covering Lancashire:

Congregational Federation

• North West area.

Methodist Church

• Bolton and Rochdale district.
• Liverpool district.
• Manchester district.
• North Lancashire district.
• Salford circuit.
• UK Methodist districts contains lists of all Lancashire districts and websites for churches in them.

Society of Friends (Quakers)

• Blackburn postcode area
• Bolton postcode area
• Fylde postcode area
• Lancaster postcode area
• Liverpool postcode area
• Manchester postcode area
• Oldham postcode area
• Preston postcode area
• Warrington postcode area
• Wigan postcode area

Baptist

Baptist church.

Gospel Hall

• Gospel Hall churches

Spiritualist National Union

• North Lancashire & Cumbria
• Manchester
• Merseyside & North Wales

Jewish

• Greater Manachester Synagogues

General

The Lancashire churches site is a useful source of photographs and background information.

Steve Bulman's collection of photographs of Lancashire churches.

The transcript of The Apostles of Fylde Methodism, published in 1885 contains details of the growth of the methodist church in the Fylde area.

The Lancashire Association of Change Ringers provide information about Lancashire churches with bells.

The Historic Churches Preservation Trust.

You may also find it worthwhile searching in the GENUKI church database.

Bibliography

• Baptist churches of Lancashire edited by A.H. Stockwell (1910).