OUR COUNTRY CHURCHES AND CHAPELS

THEIR PAST AND PRESENT, WITH VIEWS OF THEIR CLERGY AND CONGREGATIONS

By “ATTICUS”

In about 1870-2, these articles appeared in the Preston Guardian newspaper, being published as a weekly feature. Eventually they were also published in book form.

The articles describe the places of worship in the townships surrounding Preston, though not central Preston itself. The architecture is described, and the clergymen who preach have also been spoken to. Some history of the area is normally given, along with description of some interesting places and people along the way. Locals are mentioned, sometimes by name.

Some articles describe a single place of worship; others several. In some cases a single church is covered in more than one article. All denominations are described. The services are described in each case, with comments on the sermon, the singers and the musicians!

The scans come from the Gale Newspaper Archive.

To download the whole set of files as a single .ZIP file, click here.

Township	Dedication	Denomination	File
Alston	Our Lady & St. Michael	Catholic	Alston
Ashton	St. Andrew	Church of England	Ashton
Bamber Bridge	St. Saviour	Church of England	Bamber Bridge
	St. Mary	Catholic	Brownedge
Barnacre-with-Bonds	St. Mary & St. Michael	Catholic	Bonds
		Quaker	Nateby
Barton	St. Lawrence	Church of England	Barton
		Catholic	Newhouse
Bleasdale	St. Admarsh	Church of England	Bleasdale
Bretherton	St. John the Baptist	Church of England	Bretherton
		Independent	Bretherton
		Wesleyan	Bretherton
Brindle	St. James	Church of England	Brindle I
	St. Joseph	Catholic	Brindle II
Broughton	St. John the Baptist	Church of England	Broughton
Calder Vale	St. John the Evangelist	Church of England	Bleasdale
Catforth		Primitive Methodist	Catforth
Chipping	St. Mary	Catholic	Chipping
	St. Bartholomew	Church of England	Lee House
Churchtown	St. Helen	Church of England	Garstang I
Claughton	St. Thomas the Apostle	Catholic	Claughton
Clayton Green	St. Bede	Catholic	Clayton
Cottam	St. Andrew	Church of England	Ashton
	St. Andrew & Blessed George	Catholic	Cottam
Croston	St. Michael & All Angels	Church of England	Croston I
	Holy Cross	Catholic	Croston II
		United Methodist	Croston II
		Wesleyan	Croston II
Eccleston	St. Mary the Virgin	Church of England	Eccleston
		Wesleyan	Eccleston
Elswick		Independent	Elswick
Euxton	None	Church of England	Euxton
	St. Mary	Catholic	Euxton
Farington	St. Paul	Church of England	Leyland IV
Fernyhalgh	Our Lady of the Well	Catholic	Grimsargh
Freckleton	Holy Trinity	Church of England	Freckleton I
		Quaker	Freckleton II
		Wesleyan	Freckleton II
		Primitive Methodist	Freckleton II
Fulwood	Christ Church	Church of England	Fulwood
Garstang	St. Mary & St. Michael	Catholic	Bonds
		Wesleyan	Bonds
	St. Helen	Church of England	Garstang I
	St. Helen	Church of England	Garstang II
	St. Helen	Church of England	Garstang III
Goosnargh	St. Mary	Church of England	Goosnargh
		Wesleyan	Goosnargh
Great Eccleston	St. Ann	Church of England	Great Eccleston
	St. Mary	Catholic	Great Eccleston
		Wesleyan	Great Eccleston
Grimsargh	St. Michael	Church of England	Grimsargh
Hambleton		Episcopal	Hambleton
		Independent	Hambleton
		Particular Baptist	Hambleton
Heapey	St. Bartholomew	Church of England	Heapey
Hesketh with Becconsall	All Saints	Church of England	Hesketh
		Primitive Methodist	Hesketh
Higher Walton	All Saints	Church of England	Higher Walton
Inglewhite		Independent	Stalmine
Ingol	St. Andrew	Church of England	Ashton
Inskip	St. Peter	Church of England	Inskip
		Baptist	Inskip
Kirkham	St. Michael	Church of England	Kirkham I
		Independent	Kirkham II
		Wesleyan	Kirkham II
	St. John the Evangelist	Catholic	Willows
Knowle Green		Independent	Stalmine
Lea	St. Andrew	Church of England	Ashton
Lee House		Catholic	Lee House
Leyland	St. Andrew	Church of England	Leyland I
	St. Andrew	Church of England	Leyland II
		Wesleyan	Leyland III
		Independent	Leyland III
		Primitive Methodist	Leyland III
	St. James	Church of England	Leyland IV
	St. Mary	Catholic	Clayton
Longridge	St. Lawrence	Church of England	Longridge I
	St. Wilfrid	Catholic	Longridge II
		Independent	Longridge II
		Wesleyan	Longridge II
Longton	St. Andrew	Church of England	Longton
		Wesleyan	Longton
		Primitive Methodist	Longton
Lund	St. John the Evangelist	Church of England	Lund
Mawdesley	St. Peter	Church of England	Mawdesley
	St. Peter & St. Paul	Catholic	Mawdesley
		Wesleyan	Mawdesley
Much Hoole	St. Michael	Church of England	Much Hoole
Nateby		Baptist	Nateby
Newsham	St. Mary	Catholic	Newhouse
Newton-with-Scales	St. John the Evangelist	Church of England	Lund
Penwortham	St. Mary	Church of England	Penwortham
Pilling	St. John the Baptist	Church of England	Pilling
		Wesleyan	Pilling
Poulton-le-Fylde	St. Chad	Church of England	Poulton I
	St. Chad	Church of England	Poulton II
	St. John the Evangelist	Catholic	Poulton III
		Wesleyan	Poulton III
		Independent	Poulton III
Rawcliffe	St. John	Church of England	Hambleton
Ribchester	St. Wilfrid	Church of England	Ribchester
	St. Peter & St. Paul	Catholic	Stydd
Rufford	St. Mary the Virgin	Church of England	Rufford
Salwick	St. John the Evangelist	Church of England	Lund
Samlesbury	St. Leonard	Church of England	Samlesbury
	St. Mary & St. John	Catholic	Samlesbury
Scorton	St. Mary & St. James	Catholic	Nateby
		Wesleyan	Nateby
Singleton	St. Ann	Church of England	Singleton
St. Michael-le-Wyre	St. Michael	Church of England	St Michael
Stalmine	St. James	Church of England	Stalmine
Stydd	St. Saviour	Church of England	Stydd
Tarleton	St. Mary	Church of England	Tarleton
Tarleton		Wesleyan	Tarleton
Treales	Christ Church	Church of England	Treales
Walton-le-Dale	St. Leonard	Church of England	Walton I
	Our Lady & St. Patrick	Catholic	Walton II
	All Saints	Church of England	Higher Walton
Warton	St. Paul	Church of England	Warton
Weeton	St. Michael & All Angels	Church of England	Weeton
Westby	St. Anne	Catholic	Westby
Wharles		Primitive Methodist	Treales
Wheelton	St. Paul	Church of England	Heapey
	St. Chad	Catholic	Whittle
Whitechapel	St. James	Church of England	Stalmine
Whittle-le-Woods	St. Chad	Catholic	Whittle
	St. John the Evangelist	Church of England	Whittle
Woodplumpton		Wesleyan	Catforth
	St. Anne	Church of England	Cottam
Wrea Green	St. Nicholas	Church of England	Wrea Green