Historic Churches in Lancashire

A lovely red brick building with a stone slate roof, constructed in 1764 to replace an earlier chantry chapel on this site beside the River Douglas. The first church here was built in the 16th century, but it was later used as the private chapel of the Becconsall family. For those who are familiar with different styles of brick construction, All Saints uses English garden wall bond.
Becconsall Lane, Hesketh Bank, Becconsall, Lancashire, England, PR4 6RR

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Holy Trinity is a Gothic Revival church built in 1837 in a green setting on Mount Pleasant, surrounded by nearby blocks of flats. The church has a three-stage west tower and very large transepts north and south.
Mount Pleasant, Blackburn, Lancashire, England, BB1 5DQ

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Heritage Highlight: Painted heraldic ceiling panels

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An attractive 15th-century church is this equally attractive Ribble Valley village, on the edge of the Forest of Bowland. There was a church at Bolton-by-Bowland as early as the 12th century, however much of the present building dates from several centuries later, when the local landowner, Sir Ralph Pudsey, undertook a comprehensive rebuilding.
Bolton-by-Bowland, Lancashire, England

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Bracewell is a small village just northwest of Barnoldswick, Lancashire. The church of St Michael's is a lovely old Norman building, dating to around the year 1100. It was not established as a parish church, but as a private chapel for the Tempest family.
Bracewell Lane, Bracewell, Lancashire, England

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The original parish church of Burnley, built in 1122. St Peter's has a 15th-century west tower. The interior was rebuilt several times over the centuries; the nave and north aisles date to 1532, while the south aisle was remodelled in 1789. Both aisles have galleries, giving the interior something of a Georgian feel.
Church Street, Burnley, Lancashire, England, BB11 2DZ

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There may have been a church in the small village of Chipping as early as the late 6th century, though if so, no trace of it now exists. The current church is very much here, however; it is an attractive building, dating mostly to the 13th century, with subsequent rebuilding in the 16th and 19th centuries.
Talbot Street, Chipping, Lancashire, England, PR3 2QL

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The medieval church of St Mary's at Gisburn has a long and interesting history. Let's start with the name; the church was originally dedicated jointly to St Mary the Virgin and St Andrew. At a time when the north of England was subject to frequent raids from Scottish marauders, it was considered a sensible precaution to dedicate the church to the patron saint of Scotland, in the hopes that the Scots would be swayed to spare it from their attentions.
Gisburn, Lancashire, England

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A Baptist chapel dating from 1760, Goodshaw Chapel is the only Nonconformist place of worship in the care of English Heritage. It was expanded in the 19th century and restored to its original condition in 1984. It is composed of two storeys and is laid out on a three-bay plan.
Goodshaw Avenue, Crawshawbooth, Lancashire, England

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Heritage Highlight: An excellent example of unaltered 18th-century interior

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Great Mitton is a small village, little more than a hamlet, at a crossing of the River Ribble just south-west of Clitheroe, where the Ribble is joined by the Hodder. Given that there is not much to the village itself, it may come as a surprise that the parish church of All Hallows is such a gem; it probably deserves recognition as one of the finest parish churches in the north of England.
Clitheroe Road, Great Mitton, Lancashire, England, BB7 9PH

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The parish church at Halton dates back to at least 1190. Much of the current building is the result of a heavy rebuilding in the Victorian period, however. There is a late 16th-century tower, but the main historic interest at Halton is provided by a Viking cross in the churchyard.
Church Brow, Halton, Lancashire, England, LA2 6LR

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Heritage Highlight: Viking cross fragments

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