Lancaster

The Diocese of Lancaster was founded on 22 November 1924. It consists of the historic counties of Lancashire (north of the Ribble), Cumberland and Westmorland. It is a suffragan diocese in Province of Liverpool, and is subject to the Archdiocese of Liverpool. The cathedral is in Lancaster, and is dedicated to St Peter. 121 churches were visited for Taking Stock (2005).

Kendal – Holy Trinity and St George

A fine example of pre-ecclesiological Gothic Revival architecture by a locally-renowned architect, making a notable... Read More

Keswick – Our Lady and St Charles

A large church in early Christian style, solidly built of vernacular materials. Work started in the 1920s and was... Read More

Kirkby Lonsdale – St Joseph

The building became a Catholic church only in the late 1960s, having started life in the 1860s as a Nonconformist... Read More

Kirkham – St John the Evangelist

The church is a local landmark, designed by A.W.N. Pugin, leading architect and advocate of the Gothic Revival in... Read More

Knott End, Blackpool – St Bernard

A  modest  early  twentieth-century church with  later  additions and some internal furnishings of note.The... Read More

Lancaster – St Bernadette

An attractive stone built post-war church, built in a low-key but unmistakably modern style shortly before Vatican II.... Read More

Lancaster – St Joseph

A major building by Peter Paul Pugin, erected out of the munificence of Miss Margaret Coulston. Externally a local... Read More

Lancaster – St Thomas More

A functional interwar design, intended for use as a school hall.The church/hall was blessed and opened by Thomas... Read More

Lea Town – St Mary

One of several chapel-type churches built in the villages around Preston in the wake of the Relief Act 1791. A simple... Read More

Lytham – St Peter

A plain Gothic brick box, late Georgian in style, the significance of which lies perhaps above all in its townscape... Read More

Maryport – Our Lady and St Patrick

A plain Gothic mission church of the 1840s built by the Benedictines. The interior has been modernised and retains... Read More

Millom – Our Lady and St James

An economical Gothic design, built by the subscriptions of Irish iron workers.The present character and appearance of... Read More

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