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Laceby, Lincolnshire, St. Margaret. Another view. Both © David Regan (2011). Link. Grade I listed. Methodist Church, © David Regan (2016).
Lack, Co. Fermanagh, The Colaghty Parish Church (CoI). H 255 673. © Gerard Close.
Lacock, Wiltshire.
Ladbroke, Warwickshire, dedicated to All Saints. © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Laddingford, St. Mary. TQ 691 479. The former Orthodox Chapel. TQ 691 482. Both © Geoff Watt.
Lade Bank Bridge, Lincolnshire, the former East Fen Primitive Methodist Chapel (1855-1969). TF 3791 5479. © David Regan (2020).
Ladock, Cornwall, St. Ladoca. SW 894 510. © Bill Henderson. The font, © Christopher Skottowe (1973). Link. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1816). Another view. SW 892 509. Both © Paul E. Barnett (2017).
Ladybank, Fife.
Ladykirk, Borders,
Church of Scotland. NT 8888 4766. Two additional views - 1, 2, two of the interior - 1, 2, and the font, all © Steve Bulman (2021). Link. Grade A listed.
Ladysbridge, Co. Cork, St. Mary (R.C.). Interior view. Both © Graeme Harvey.
Ladywell, Greater London, St. Mary the Virgin on Lewisham High Street - built 1774 and restored 1881. Another view. Link. Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministry (non-denominational) on Ladywell Road, building built in 1891. Link. All © Gerard Doherty (2010).
Laggan (near Newtonmore), Highland, the parish church. © Martin Briscoe.
Laghey, Co. Donegal, the Parish Church (CoI). © Graeme Harvey.
Laindon, Essex, St. Nicholas. An old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection.
Lairg, Highland. Free Church. Both © Bill Henderson.
Laithkirk, Church of the Holy Barn. NY 954 240. © Bill Henderson (2009). Link.
Lakenheath, Suffolk, St. Mary the Virgin. TL 7145 8274. © David Regan (2019). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed.
Laleston, Bridgend, St. David. Interior view. A re-used medieval altar slab in the NE of the nave. SS 8753 7986. All © Gervase N. E. Charmley. Link. Grade I listed. A cross in the churchyard is listed as grade II. Bethel Baptist Church. SS 8767 7978. © Gervase N. E. Charmley. Link. The former Horeb Chapel is labelled on older O.S. maps as Calvinistic Methodist, but on its grade II listing (where it's dated to 1831) as Welsh Presbyterian. SS 8776 7982. © Gervase N. E. Charmley.
Lamas, Norfolk, St. Andrew. Link. Quaker Meeting House, the burial place of Anna Sewell (of Black Beauty fame). Link. Both © Gervase N. E. Charmley.
Lamarsh, Essex,
Holy Innocents. TL 8897 3605. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection, which was faded, and had to be heavily processed to improve the image quality. A modern view, the porch, two views of the interior - 1, 2, a window detail, and the font, all © Chris Stafford (2013). Link. Grade I listed. Several older O.S. maps show a Baptist Chapel at TL 8909 3569. It can be seen in a Streetview from 2009. Is this the chapel or a newer building on its site?
Lambeg, Co. Antrim, St. Colman (R.C.). J 274 665. Baptist Church. J 275 676. Both © Gerard Close. Gerry has advised (2015) that the Baptist Church has closed, and is now a car wash. The Parish Church (CoI). J 282 668. © Gerard Close (2012).
Lambeg, County Down, Church of Ireland. © Jack Storey.
Lamberhurst, Kent,
St. Mary the Virgin on Church Road. TQ 682 366. © Geoff Watt. The following are all © Judith Anderson - two further views - 1, 2, interior view (note the Consecration Cross on the wall - the church has several (close-up), and the font. The tower and spire, © Elaine Sanders (2016). Link. Grade I listed. Strict Baptist Chapel. TQ 674 360. © Judith Anderson.
Lambeth, Greater London, St. Anne and All Saints. © Mike Rice.
Lambholm, Orkney Islands, the Italian Chapel. Interior. This chapel was built and decorated by Italian POW's during WWII. Both © Bill Henderson. This shot (© Martin Briscoe) shows something of the Nissen hut used to construct the chapel.
Lambley, Northumberland, St. Mary and St. Patrick. Interior view. Both © Alan Blacklock.
Lambley, Nottinghamshire,
Holy Trinity. SK 6311 4543. © David Regan (2011). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel. Its My Primitive Methodists entry dates it to 1849. © David Regan (2020). The P.M.'s had originally met in a Methodist New Connexion Chapel on Chapel Lane (of 1807), but this later became Wesleyan from 1848. I'm not sure if anything of it survives, but I think the part of the building behind the blue car (seen here on a 2008 Streetview) is the site of it. SK 6299 4536.
Lambourn, Berkshire,
St. Michael and All Angels. Interior view. SU 3261 7896. Both from old postcards in Judy Flynn's collection. Link. Grade I listed. Sacred Heart (R.C.) on Baydon Road was seen by Streetview in 2021. Link has interior photos. Old maps show a Primitive Methodist Chapel off High Street at SU 3253 7881. Not seen by Streetview, there's a photo of it here, where it's dated to 1859-1950's. Link. This source says that the local Methodist Congregation now meets in the Memorial Hall on Oxford Street, seen here by Streetview in 2021. SU 3270 7893. The photo shown on the left of that webpage must be the former Methodist Church - originally Wesleyan, on Chapel Lane at SU 3266 7900. Genuki dates it to "before 1800" to 2016.
Lambston, Pembrokeshire, St. Ismael (now closed). Two views of the interior, taken through windows - 1, 2. SM 907 169. All © Mike Berrell (2010).
Lamesley, Tyne and Wear,
St. Andrew. NZ 2526 5791. © Bill Henderson. Its grade II listing dates it to a 1758, a re-build on the site of a medieval predecessor. Link.
Laminess, Orkney (on Sanday), Old Church. There is a date above the door, 1909. HY 620 373. © Martin Briscoe. Kevin Price advises that this is the former Baptist Church, and is currently (2011) up for sale.
Lamlash, Arran, North Ayrshire- see Arran.
Lamorna, Cornwall, the former Borah Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. It's dated here to 1878, a re-build of an earlier chapel of 1817, and closed in 1981. It now appears to be in residential use. SW 4382 2471. © Paul E. Barnett (2021).
Lamorran, Cornwall, St. Morenna. SW 878 418. © Paul E. Barnett (2016). Another view,
© Jo Lewis, who advises that the church is currently (2017) closed because of bats. Link.
Lampeter, Ceredigion.
Lampeter Velfrey, Pembrokeshire, St. Peter. Interior view. Both © Peter Morgan (2011). Link. Bryn Sion Congregational Chapel (1854, re-built and enlarged 1879). SN 147 148. © Mike Berrell (2011). Another view, © Peter Morgan (2011). Link.
Lamphey, Pembrokeshire, St. Faith and St. Tyfai (CiW). Interior view. SN 015 004. Both © Mike Berrell. Another interior view, and a blocked squint, both © Mike Berrell (2011).
Lamplugh, Cumbria, dedicated to St. Michael. A William Butterfield church of 1870, though built on the site of an earlier church. NY 0886 2080. © Steve Bulman. Another view, © Chris K. (2007). Link. Grade II* listed.
Lamport, Northamptonshire,
All Saints. © George Weston. Another view, © David Regan (2016). Link. Grade I listed.
Lamyatt, Somerset, St. Mary and St. John. Interior view. ST 6612 3619. Both © Chris Kippin (2021). Link. Grade II* listed. A couple of tombs in the churchyard are separately listed - they can be found here. A Wesleyan Methodist Chapel is shown on old maps at ST 6573 3606. It pre-dates a map of 1886. The building with the same footprint which occupies the site today, Chapel House, can be seen on a Streetview from 2009. Whether anything of the chapel survives is not so far known.
Lana, Devon, the former Zion Bible Christian Chapel. It has a date-stone for 1899, and shows as still active on a map of 1961 (by which time it was presumably Methodist). SX 3405 9649. Both © Chris Kippin (2023). A predecessor pre-dates a map of 1884. It stood in a slightly different position - in this Streetview from 2009 its site is marked by the boundary wall, the chapel's long axis parallel with the road.
Lanark, South Lanarkshire.
Lancaster, Lancashire.
Lanchester, Durham, All Saints. NZ 1676 4739. © Dave Foreman. Another view, © Bill Henderson. Interior view, showing the chancel arch, a tympanum
with Christ in Majesty with angels, and a Roman altar in the porch, all © Christopher Skottowe (1962). Link1. Link2. Link3. Grade I listed. All Saints (R.C.) on Kitswell Road, as seen by Streetview in 2010. The church website dates it to 1926, and includes interior views. NZ 1631 4778. The Methodist Church stands on Front Street, and can be seen here on a Streetview from 2010. I've not been able to discover what flavour of Methodism this was originally - perhaps Wesleyan? NZ 1652 4753. Link. A former Primitive Methodist Chapel survives set back from the road at the junction of Front Street and Kitswell Road. Its dated here to 1884. It was seen by the Streetview camera in 2010 - here. NZ 1633 4772. Link.
Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, All Saints. Another view. TL 4765 6535. Both © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade I listed. Landbeach and Milton Baptist Church (2021 Streetview) is on High Street, at TL 4772 6450. Its grade II listing says it dates from 1874 (from a date-stone), although on Streetview it appears to say 1851. Link.
Landcross, Devon, Holy Trinity. An information board in the church says that there was formerly a tower with six bells, but it was demolished in 1809 after being hit by lightning earlier in the same year. It was replaced by the present bell-turret which has one bell. General Monck was baptised here. Another view, and the interior. SS 4625 2385. All © Martin Richter (2018). Link. Grade II* listing which says that the church is mainly of the 15th century, with a Norman font.
Landewednack, Cornwall,
St. Lanty or St. Winwallow. SW 711 126. From an old postcard in Geoff Watt's Collection. A modern view, © Chris Kippin (2018), and another © Richard Pykett (2018). Link. Grade I listed.
Landford, Wiltshire, St. Andrew on Stock Lane. Although of 11th century foundation, the present building is effectively of the re-build of 1858. SU 261 201. Link. Grade II* listed. The Methodist Church on Lyndhurst Road was built as Primitive Methodist in 1866. SU 254 194. Link. Both © Richard Roberts (2018).
Landkey, Devon, St. Paul. Two more views - 1, 2. All © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Grade I listed. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Blakes Hill Road, at SS 5956 3117. It pre-dates a map of 1888 - its grade II listing dates it to 1868. This source dates its closure to 2008. The building just beyond it is marked on old maps as a school. © Chris Kippin (2022). A short distance along the same road is the former Jubilee Bible Christian Chapel, now flats. SS 5950 3120. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Landore, Swansea (City), Swansea - see Swansea.
Landrake, Cornwall,
St. Michael. SX 373 605. © James Murray. Another view, © Paul E. Barnett (2015). And an old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection. Former Methodist Chapel (and adjoining school), now both private residences. SX 415 482. © James Murray. The new Methodist Church. Interior view. SX 374 604. Both © James Murray.
Landscove (near Ashburton), Devon, St. Matthew (1849-51). SX 774 664. Link1. Link2. Wolston Chapel. Both ©
Andrew Ross (2019).
Landulph, Cornwall,
St. Leonard and St. Dilph. SX 431 615. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Link.
Lane End, Buckinghamshire,
Holy Trinity. Its grade II listing dates it to 1877. SU 8060 9165. From an old postcard in Brett Jeffery's Collection. Link.
Lane Ends, Staffordshire, St. Patrick (R.C.). © Gervase N. E. Charmley (2009).
Laneast, Cornwall - photos of St. Sidwell and St. Gulval (exterior and interior) are available here. Some sources have it as St. Sidwell and St. Gulvat, or just St. Sidwell. SX 2280 8400. Grade I listed. A number of churchyard monuments, and the lych-gate, are listed separately, and they can be found here.
Laneham, Nottinghamshire, the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1834) on Main Street.
SK 8069 7632. © David Regan (2020).
Lanercost, Cumbria. The nave of Lanercost Priory now serves as the parish church, St. Mary. NY 5558 6373. © Steve Bulman. Another view, © Bill Henderson. Link. Grade I listed. Other listed structures associated with former Priory may be found here.
Laneshaw Bridge, Lancashire, Methodist Church on Keighley Road - built as Wesleyan in 1858. SD 921 407. © Philip Kapp. Another view, © Mike Berrell (2014).
Langar, Nottinghamshire, St. Andrew. Two further views - 1, 2, interior view, the altar, font, and a splendid tomb. All © David Regan (2012). Link. Grade I listed - link.
Langbank, Renfrewshire. St. Vincent (R.C.). Both © Martin Briscoe.
Langcliffe, North Yorkshire, St. John the Evangelist. Interior view. Both © Alan Blacklock. Link.
Langdale, Cumbria - see Chapel Stile, Cumbria.
Langdale End, North Yorkshire, St. Peter. Another view. Both © David Regan (2016). Link.
Langdon Hills, Basildon, Essex.
Langford, Bedfordshire, St. Andrew. TL 1856 4141. © Bill McKenzie. Another view, © Les Needham (2010). Link.
Grade I listed. Langford Methodist Church. Older mark it as Wesleyan. TL 1854 4063. © Les Needham (2010). Link.
Langford, Essex, St. Giles. Another view. Both © Steve Taylor. Link.
Langford, Hertfordshire, St. Andrew, as seen by Streetview in 2020. TL 1856 4140. Link.
Grade I listed. The former Salvation Army Hall on High Street. TL 1862 4089. © Gerard Charmley (2021). The Methodist Church on High Street is marked on old maps as Wesleyan. TL 1854 4063. It can be seen on a Streetview from 2009. Link.
Langford, Nottinghamshire, St. Bartholomew. Another view, two interior views - 1, 2, and the font. All © David Regan (2013). Link. Grade I listed.
Langford, Oxfordshire,
St. Matthew, which has significant Saxo-Norman fabric. SP 2491 0253. © Brian J. Curtis. Another view, and two details of carved stonework (1, 2), all © Derek Meek. Another view, a pair of crudely carved figures, and an interior arch, all © Christopher Skottowe (1964). Grade I listed. The village also has a former Primitive Methodist Chapel, at SP 2485 0269. It was seen by Streetview in 2011. Old maps also mark an Independent/Congregational  Chapel on Filkins Road at SP 2468 0285. Genuki says "founded in 1840", "closed after 1972". Streetview saw it in 2011.
Langford Budville, Somerset, St. Peter. Another view. ST 1116 2293. Link. Grade I listed. A cross and tombs are listed separately - they can be found here. The former Independent Chapel is now in residential use. It seems to have had a relatively short active life, in the mid-20th century. Circa ST 109 230. All © P. L. Kessler / The History Files
Langham, Norfolk,
St. Andrew and St. Mary. Two more views - 1, 2, three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, the rood loft stairs, and the font. The gravestone of Langham's most famous son, Captain Frederick Marryat lies in the churchyard. TG 0076 4123. All © Steve Bulman (2005 and 2022). Link. Grade I listed. A Wesleyan Methodist Chapel stood on Holt Road at TG 0099 4122. It's site (next to the road) can be seen in a Streetview from 2021. O.S. maps show St. Mary's Church (Site of) west of the village at TG 0042 4134. Streetview saw the site in 2009. This source says it was ruinous by 1602.
Langham, Rutland,
St. Peter and St. Paul. Another view. The font, and a carved head. The church has some good glass including this window by Ninian Comper - 1, 2, 3. SK 8437 1120. All © Janice Tostevin. Another view, © David Regan (2016), and two of the interior - 1, 2, both © Chris Stafford (2014). Link. Grade I listed. Baptist Chapel. SK 8431 1114. © David Regan (2016).
Langham Cross, Devon, the former Methodist Church. It's marked on older maps as Bible Christian, and has a date-stone for 1857. SS 5579 1117.
Langho, Lancashire, St. Leonard. SD 711 349. © Philip Kapp. Another view. © Peter Simpson. Link. St. Mary (Our Lady Assumed into Heaven) (R.C.) on York Lane. SD 704 339. © Philip Kapp. Two interior views - 1, 2, both © Mike Berrell (2016). Methodist Church. SD 705 342. © Philip Kapp.
Langholm, Dumfries & Galloway, Church of Scotland. NY 361 844. © Bill Henderson.
Langley, Essex, St. John the Evangelist (C) on The Causeway. Two additional views - 1, 2. There is a Norman door with simple roll-moulding. Interior view, through a window. All © Chris Stafford (2013). Grade II* listed.
Langley, Hampshire, St. Francis (CoE) on St. Francis Road and West Common. Its website says that it is "currently closed on safety grounds". SU 4447 0115. © Chris Kippin (2023).
Langley, Middleton, Greater Manchester - see Middleton.
Langley, Kent, St. Mary. TQ 8052 510. © Karel Kuča (2011). Link.
Grade II* listed, wherein it's dated to 1853-5.
Langley, Warwickshire, St. Mary. Another view. Interior view. All © Aidan McRae Thomson. Another view, another interior view, and the Epiphany Window, all © John Bowdler. The Epiphany Window is believed by some to contain a coded message - see e.g. here.
Langley Mill, Derbyshire, St. Andrew (1912, now CoE and Methodist) on Station Road. SK 4483 4695. © Bill Henderson. Interior view, © Richard Roberts (2014). Link. Langley Mill Baptist Church on Station Road pre-dates a map of 1881. Another view. SK 4474 4702. Both © Gervase N. E. Charmley (2011). The former Methodist Church on Gladstone Street and Cromford Road was built as Primitive Methodist. Dated here to before 1900 with closure in 1974, there are dedication stones dated 1884 and 1886 in this photo. SK 4518 4746. The same source mentions a preceding P.M. Chapel which stood between Bridge Street and Dean Street at about SK 4515 4729. Its site will be where the white-painted building is in the background of a Streetview from 2019.
Both © David Regan (2021). The site of a demolished Free United Methodist Chapel on Argyle Street and Cromford Road. Pre-dating a map of 1881, it is still labelled (as Church) on a map of 1955, but the label had gone in 1961 and the building was later demolished. SK 4509 4757. © David Regan (2021). Old maps also mark a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Wesley Street, at SK 4512 4714. It's dated here to "before 1873", and closed in 1987 as the Methodist Church. Its site now lies beneath the road, roughly where "Wesley Street" can be seen in this 2019 Streetview. A Mission Church is shown on a map of 1901 on Elnor Street, at SK 4517 4703. Still present in 1955, it had gone by the early 1960's. Its site can be seen in a Streetview of 2019.
Langley Burrell, Wiltshire, St. Peter. ST 927 757. © Chris Kippin (2017). Link. Grade I listed.
Langley Marish - see the Slough page.
Langley Moor, Co. Durham, the former Willis Memorial Methodist Church, now a garage. © Steve Bruce. St. Patrick (R.C.), © Peter Morgan (2013). Link.
Langleybury, Hertfordshire, St. Paul. TL 080 006. © Les Needham. Link.
Langport, Somerset, All Saints, on The Hill, is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Another view. ST 4223 2674. Link. Grade I listed. The Hanging Chapel, also on The Hill, is a former chantry chapel above a gateway. Its grade I listing says that it had more recently been the Town Hall, a school, arms store and Sunday school, but at the time of its writing, it was being used by the Masons. ST 4214 2669. All © Chris Kippin (2020). The U.R.C. on Bow Street can barely be seen because of trees on this 2016 Streetview. Older maps show it as Congregational. This source dates this Independent Chapel to 1828-9. ST 4184 2678. The same source advises of a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses dating from 1970 in Beard's Yard, off Bow Street. The entrance can be seen on a 2009 Streetview. It also says that they had previously met in The Reading Room, but I haven't been able to establish where this is or was. And again the same source mentions a Particular Baptist Chapel of 1851 on the "south side of the Hill"; more accurately, old maps show it on the south side of what was Whatley Lane (Bush Place now). The appearance of the building on the site today, as seen by Streetview in 2009 suggests that something of the building survives, and the source says it was still standing and in use as a private parking garage by 1972. The 25" O.S. map of 1887 shows a Wesleyan Mission Room on the south of Whatley Lane at ST 4203 2669. Satellite views suggest it hasn't survived, and the Streetview van hasn't been past the site, but the entrance to the lane can be seen here, in 2009. Langport Cemetery on Newtown Road once had a Mortuary Chapel. It stood at ST 4228 2736, but has been demolished. In this 2009 Streetview it would have stood just slightly right of, and quite close, to the entrance. Link.
Langrick, Lincolnshire, St. Margaret. Another view. Both © David Regan (2011). Link. Grade I listed. Methodist Church, © David Regan (2016).
Langrick, Lincolnshire, St. Margaret of Scotland on Main Road. Another view. TF 2611 4870. Both © David Regan (2018). Two further views - 1, 2, both
© Chris Stafford (2015). Link. Grade II listed. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. It has a date-stone for 1857. This source says it was closed in 1972. TF 2667 4874. Both
© David Regan (2020).
Langrick Bridge, Lincolnshire, the closed Methodist Church, built as Wesleyan in 1868. © David Regan (2018).
Langridge, Somerset, St. Mary Magdalene, with which Janet was much impressed. Three interior views - 1, 2, 3.  All © Janet Gimber (2018). Link. Grade I listed.
Langrish, Hampshire, St. John the Evangelist. From an old postcard (franked 1908), Bulman Collection. Link.
Langstone, Newport,
the Parish Church (dedication lost). ST 3713 8915. © Gerard Charmley (2010). Grade II listed. Langstone Methodist Church on Catsash Road. ST 3701 8997. © Gerard Charmley (2010). Langstone Vale Crematorium Chapel on Magor Road. Janet comments on the apparently identical design to that of the crematorium at Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire (for which see the Hoddesdon page), which is owned by the same company. Another view and the interior. ST 3879 8967. All © Janet Gimber (2023). Link.
Langthwaite, North Yorkshire, St. Mary the Virgin. NZ 003 027. © Bill Henderson. Another view, and the interior, both © Kenneth Paver. Link, which says that the church was built to replace one reported as "too small and in need of repair" in 1812. This was in Arkle Town, and was at about NZ 0089 0206 (the site is marked on the 1893 O.S. map). The Wesleyan Chapel. NZ 0036 0253. © Bill Henderson. Howard Richter has advised that this closed in June 2014. Closure news story. Estate Agents notice - follow View Brochure for interior photos.
Langtoft, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. Peter. © James Murray.
Langtoft, Lincolnshire, St. Michael & All Angels. TF 12342 1255. ©
Mike Berrell (2014). The porch, © David Regan (2019). Interior view, © Jill Coulthard. Link. Grade I listed. A Congregational Chapel is marked on the 1905 6" O.S. map, at TF 1196 1220. What is probably the building can be seen in a 2009 Streetview here.
Langton, North Yorkshire, St. Andrew. © George Weston. Two further views - 1, 2, both © David Regan (2011).
Langton-by-Horncastle, Lincolnshire, St. Margaret. © Dave Hitchborne.
Langton by Partney, Lincolnshire - see Langton by Spilsby.
Langton by Spilsby (or Langton by Partney), Lincolnshire, St. Peter and St. Paul. Two additional views - 1, 2, three interiors - 1, 2, 3, the altar, a view showing the box pews, pulpit and tester, and the font. TF 3899 7040. All © David Regan (2015 and 2019). Link. Grade I listed.
Langton by Wragby, Lincolnshire, St. Giles. Another view, the tower, interior view and font. This village was the birthplace of the C13 Archbishop of Canterbury, Stephen Langton. All © David Regan (2012). Link. Grade II listed - link.
Langton Green, Kent, All Saints (interior). From an old postcard in Judy Flynn's Collection. Link (which has an exterior view).
Langton Herring, Dorset, St. Peter. Another view, two interior views - 1, 2, the altar and font. All © Dennis Harper (2011). Grade II listed - link.
Langton Long, Dorset, All Saints. © June Norris. Another view. © Roger Hopkins.
Langton Matravers, Dorset, St. George. © Bill McKenzie.
Langtree, Devon, All Saints. SS 451 155. Zion Bible Christian Chapel (1904). SS 450 156. Both © Martin Richter (2011).
Langwathby, Cumbria, St. Peter. NY 5691 3373. © Steve Bulman. An old drawing made by Thomas Bland in the 1850's is available here, reproduced by kind permission of Carlisle Library. It's from the searchable Cumbria Image Bank, which can be accessed here. Link1. Link2 (has an interior photo). Grade II* listed. The Methodist Chapel was built as Wesleyan in 1860 (date-stone), and extended in 1900 (date-stone). NY 5715 3356. All © Howard Richter (2014).
Langworth, Lincolnshire, St. Hugh (1960-2). TF 0624 7640. © David Regan (2015). Another view, three interiors - 1, 2, 3, and an intricately carved and gilded roof beam. All © Chris Stafford (2014). Some history here. Older maps show that this was preceded by a Mission Church, on the same site, but closer to the road. According to this source, it was a tin tabernacle, and in place here from no earlier than 1897. TF 0622 7641. The former Methodist Church on  Scothern Lane was originally Wesleyan (1819-1979). This source says that it was re-built in 1851. TF 0626 7648.
© David Regan (2020). Link. Older O.S. maps show another chapel nearby on Barlings Lane at TF 0629 7646, but none of them show which denomination it was. Now demolished, it stood on the piece of grass seen in this 2016 Streetview. It's very likely to have been the United Free Methodist Chapel, mentioned on the village Genuki entry, and dated 1851-1945.
Lanhargy, Cornwall, the former Methodist Chapel, built as Wesleyan. Another view, showing the date-stone for 1802, though this source says it dates from 1840. SX 3235 7491. Both © Paul E. Barnett (2022).
Lanhydrock, Cornwall, St. Hyderock, in the grounds of Lanhydrock House, a National Trust property. SX 084 636. © Robin Pizzy. Another view, © Paul E. Barnett (2015). Two further views - 1, 2, the porch, two interior views - 1, 2, and the altar. There is an ancient cross in the churchyard. All © Steve Bulman (2010). Link. Grade I listed.
Lanivet, Cornwall, St. Ia (or St. Nivet). Another view. SX 0394 6421. Both © Paul E. Barnett (2016). Another view, © Bill Henderson (2017). One of the churchyard crosses, © Christopher Skottowe (1973). Grade I listed. Several crosses and monuments in the churchyard are listed separately - they can be found here. The remains of St. Benedict's Chapel at SX 037 636, formerly part of St. Benet's Abbey. © Paul E. Barnett (2016). Link. The former Bible Christian Chapel (1883) at SX 0378 6412. © Paul E. Barnett (2016). Older maps mark a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel a little way north of the B.C. Chapel, at SX 0375 6419. It, or a building with the same footprint which replaced it, can be seen in a Streetview from 2011. The B.C. and Wesleyan chapels both pre-date a map of 1907.
Lanjeth, Cornwall, the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, which is now in use as a child care centre. Built in 1867, it was enlarged in 1887. Another view. SW 977 528. Both © Paul E. Barnett (2017).
Lanlivery,
Cornwall, St. Bryvyth (Brevita). Older O.S. maps call it St. Manaccus & St. Dunstan. Another view. SX 0799 5904. Both © Paul E. Barnett (2015). Link. Grade I listed.
Lanner, Cornwall,
Christ Church (1845, restored 1883). Another view. SW 7146 3979. Both © Paul E. Barnett (2015. Link. The former Primitive Methodist Church, now used as a band room. It's dated here to circa 1858-1976, with a re-build on the same site in 1903. SW 7228 3990. © Paul E. Barnett (2014). The Methodist Church, on Rough Street was originally Wesleyan. SW 7160 3989. What was the Church Hall, which stands just a few yards away, is now home to the congregation, and the church itself had been put up for sale no later than 2021 (Streetview). SW 7156 3999. © Paul E. Barnett (2014). Link. The former Bible Christian Chapel on Lanner Hill, now in use as the village hall. SW 7153 4005. © Paul E. Barnett (2014).
Lanreath, Cornwall, St. Marnarck and St. Dunstan. SX 182568. Grade I listed. Wesleyan Methodist Church (1885) on Meadow Road. SX 178 568. Both © Paul E. Barnett (2017).
Lansallos, Cornwall, St. Ildierna. SX 172 515. Link is to external web-site.
Lansdown, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - see Cheltenham.
Lanteglos, Cornwall, St. Julitta. SX 08817 82337. © Bill Henderson (2017). Link. Grade I listed.
Lanteglos-by-Fowey, Cornwall,
St. Wyllow. Another view. SX 144 515. Previously in the "Unknown" section, these photos were rescued from destruction by Ian Lewis, and identified by Janet Gimber. Another solved Unknown is this one from John Bowdler's Collection - identified by "Stiffleaf", who has many more photos of the church on Flickr.
Lanteglos Highway, Cornwall, Wesleyan Chapel of 1884. SX 147 536. © Paul E. Barnett (2015).
Lapford, Devon, St. Thomas of Canterbury. Another view. SS 7315 0827. Link. Grade I listed. Congregational Church on Eastington Lane. SS 7334 0849. Its grade II listing dates it to circa 1850. The Congregational Sunday School could easily be mistaken for a church, particularly as it stands on a different site - on Main Road and Eastington Lane. SS 7322 0838. All © Chris Kippin (2021). Lapford Community Church meets in the Victory Hall (SS 7320 0829) on Main Road. The have an outreach programme based in The Ark. Both © Chris Kippin (2021). The Church website history page advises that the congregation originally had their own church - Lapford Gospel Hall (latterly Main Road Chapel) - until the late 1990's. The website includes a photo. It hasn't survived, and stood at SS 7260 0815.
Lapley, Staffordshire, All Saints. Another view. SJ 872 129. Both © Chris Emms (2010). Link.
Lapworth, Warwickshire, St. Mary the Virgin. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Link.
Larbert, Falkirk.
Largs, North Ayrshire.
Largy, Co. Derry, Presbyterian Church (1831). C 673 183. © Gerard Close (2010).
Larkfield, Kent, Methodist Church. TQ 704 583. © Geoff Watt.
Larkhall, South Lanarkshire.
Larkhill Garrison, Wiltshire, St. Alban the Martyr and St. Barbara (1937), and its impressive wall of remembrance. SU 1361 4422. Link. Grade II listed. The former St. Barbara (R.C.) on Gore Road is now St. Barbara's Hall. SU 126 441. Link. All © Chris Kippin (2020).
Larne, Co. Antrim, The Gardenmore Presbyterian Church. D 399 027. St. MacNissi (R.C.). D 402 026. Methodist Church. D 404 026. Elim Church. D 400 027. All © Gerard Close (2010). Mission Hall. D 402 030. © Gerard Close (2014).
Lartington, Co. Durham, the former St. Laurence, now converted into a private residence. © David Regan (2018). Link.
Lasborough, Gloucestershire, St. Mary. © Graeme Harvey (2013). Grade II listed.
Lasham, Hampshire, St. Mary. Another view. Built in 1866 on the site of a much older (Saxon) church. © Mike Rice. Link.
Lashenden, Kent, Ebenezer Chapel (Strict Baptist), dated 1879. TQ 849 410. © Geoff Watt.
Lask Edge, Shropshire, Methodist Chapel, originally Primitive Methodist (1875). SJ 915 566. © Gervase N. E. Charmley. Another view. © Chris Emms (2011).
Lastingham, North Yorkshire,
St. Mary. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Four further views - 1, 2, 3, 4, interior view, font and two views of the crypt - 1, 2, all © David Regan (2012 and 2019). Link1. Link2.
Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire - see Warrington.
Latchley, Cornwall, the former St. Michael and All Angels (1883), now in residential use. SX 412 729. © Paul E. Barnett (2018). Wesleyan Methodist Church. SX 408 737. © Paul E. Barnett (2018).
Lathbury, Buckinghamshire, All Saints (C).
SP 8745 4499. © David Regan (2018). Link. Grade I listed.
Latheron, Highland, Church of Scotland. ND 198 334. Old Church. ND 203 333. Both © Martin Briscoe. Another view of the old church, which now serves as the Clan Gunn Museum. © Bill Henderson.
Latheronwheel, Highland, former chapel. © Bill Henderson.
Latimer, Buckinghamshire,
St. Mary Magdalene. TQ 0001 9888. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A modern view, © Les Needham. Link. Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to circa 1841. Some scant remains survive of the old church of the same name, TQ 0084 9867. Grade II listed (includes a photo), which dates its closure to 1838 when the present church opened.
Latton, Wiltshire, St. John the Baptist. © Simon Edwards. Link.
Lauder, Borders, St. Mary (CoS, 1673). Another view, and three of the interior - 1, 2, 3. NT 5309 4754. All © Steve Bulman (2019). Link1. Link2. Link3. Category A listed. Older O.S. maps show two other churches. A United Presbyterian Church stood on West High Street at NT 5279 4778. It pre-dated a map of 1862, and survived into the 1960's at least. Demolished at some point, its site was seen by Streetview in 2021. The other was a Free Church, set back from the north side of High Street on Kirk Wynd and Castle Wynd, at NT 6318 4759. It is presumably the same building which now serves as the parish church hall, which was seen by Streetview in 2021. It also pre-dates the 1862 map, and had ceased to be active by the time of a map of 1962.
Laugharne, Carmarthenshire.
Laughton, Leicestershire, St. Luke. © George Weston.
Laughton, Lincolnshire, All Saints - which is difficult to photograph. © David Regan (2010). Another view, three interiors - 1, 2, 3, and the font, all © David Regan (2017). Link. Grade I listed.
Laughton Common, South Yorkshire, the former United Methodist Chapel on Rotherham Road has a date-stone for 1911. SK 5117 8669.
© David Regan (2021).
Laughton en le Morthen, South Yorkshire, All Saints. © Bill Henderson.
Launcells, Cornwall,
St. Swithin. Interior view. SS 243 057. Both © Graeme Harvey (2011). Another interior view, fragments of wall-paintings, a handsome tomb, and the font, all © Paul E. Barnett (2017). Link. Grade I listed.
Launceston, St. Mary Magdalene. SX 331 846. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A modern view, © Paul E. Barnett (2017). Link. Grade I listed. St. Stephen the Martyr. SX 324 857. © Graeme Harvey (2011). Link. Grade I listed. Launceston Castle once had a chapel in the courtyard, which is mentioned in a survey of 1337. SX 330 845. © Paul E. Barnett (2017).
Launde, Leicestershire, Launde Abbey, which stands on the site of Launde Priory. Attached to the house is a chapel (photos here and here) which survives from the priory.
SK 7975 0437. © David Regan. Video tour. Grade II* listed.
Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire.
Laurieston, Glasgow - see the City of Glasgow page.
Laurieston, Falkirk, Parish Church on Polmont Road. Link. Gospel Hall on Cotton Lane. Link. Both © Jim Parker (2015).

Launton, Oxfordshire,
St. Mary (R.C.). SP 603 228. © Steve Bulman. Another view, © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade I listed. Bethel Congregational Chapel on Station Road. © David Regan (2019). Link.
Lavendon, Buckinghamshire,
St. Michael. Older large scale O.S. maps label it as St. Mary. SP 9161 5365. © David Regan (2017). Link. Grade I listed. The village war memorial stands adjacent to the church, and is grade II listed. The Lavendon Union Chapel (1894) on Northampton Road. A map of 1900 labels it as Baptist and Independent. Its predecessor stands to the right. SP 9167 5364. © David Regan (2017). Link. The same map also shows a Primitive Methodist Chapel, on Olney Road, at SP 9161 5344. It, (or the building which replaced it, with the same footprint) was seen by Streetview in 2009. Lavendon Premonstratensian Abbey stood to the west of the village, and is indicated on O.S. maps at SP 9034 5341. According to its Wikipedia entry nothing remains to be seen other than earthworks, but the site hasn't been seen by Streetview. A photo showing some of the earthworks (and a history) can be seen here (pdf). Link.
Lavenham, Suffolk.
Lavernock, Vale of Glamorgan, St. Lawrence. ST 1864 6821. © David and Pat Halliday. Another view
, © Gerard Charmley (2010). An old postcard had remained unidentified in the Unknown section for years. From Ian Lewis, Jay Priest identified it as St. Lawrence, and provided a link to an old postcard view. This Streetview is also useful, as it's from as similar a viewpoint to the Unknown as the vegetation allows. Note that the house has gone though.
Laverstock, Wiltshire, St. Andrew. Another view. SU 1594 3090. Both © Chris Kippin (2022).
 Link. Grade II listed. For several memorials in the churchyard, see here. The 25" O.S. map of 1901 shows, a little way west of the church, Church (Rems. of), at SU 1587 3090. The church entry on the National Churches Trust website (which dates the present church to 1857-8) says that a short stretch of wall and a buttress survives in situ, and that some fabric of the old church was re-used in the new. A photo of the wall can be seen here, as well as an engraving of the old church.
Laverstoke, Hampshire,
St. Mary the Virgin. SU 4872 4887. © Philip Kapp. Another view, © Chris Kippin. Link. Grade II listed. O.S. maps show the old church of St. Mary, in Laverstoke Park, at SU 4972 4905. One older map labels it as Mortuary Chapel Site of St. Mary's Church. Several photos of it can be seen here, where it also says that it was demolished in 1952 or 1953. St. Nicholas, now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The interior, and two views of the Powlett tomb - 1, 2. SU 4875 4861. All © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Grade I listed.
Laverton, North Yorkshire, Methodist Chapel. © Martin Briscoe.
Lavey, County Derry, St. Mary (R.C.). This is the "new" church, dedicated in 1873. © Mark Lusby.
Lavister, Wrexham, former Congregational Chapel. © Gervase N. E. Charmley (2011).
Law, Dundee (City), Dundee - see
Dundee.
Lawford, Essex, St. Mary. The porch, and an interior view. All © John Bowdler. Link.
Lawhitton, Cornwall, St. Michael. SX 354 823. © Paul E. Barnett (2018). Link. Grade II* listed.
Lawrence Hill, Bristol (City) - see Bristol.
Lawrence Weston and Kingsweston, Bristol.
Lawrenny, Pembrokeshire, St. Caradoc. © Chris Emms (2009). Interior view. SN 017 069. © Mike Berrell. Link.
Lawshall, Suffolk, All Saints, and its interior. TL 8644 5426. Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. The Evangelical Free Church at Hanningfield Green. TL 8711 5425. Link. All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Laxey, Isle of Man, Christ Church (consecrated 1856). © John Balaam (2011). Interior view, © John Balaam (2015). Link.
Laxton, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. Peter. SE 792 255. © Tim Pickles. Interior view, and Easter Cross, both © James Murray. Former Wesleyan Chapel, now a workshop. © James Murray. The Old Church, originally dedicated to St. John, of which only the chancel remains. The rest of the church was demolished in mid-Victorian times. Since then it has been used as a mortuary chapel, but is now a storeroom. Another view. Both © James Murray.
Laxton, Northamptonshire, All Saints. © David Regan (2017). Grade II* listed.
Laxton, Nottinghamshire, St. Michael the Archangel. Two interior views - 1, 2, a carved tomb, and the font. SK 7220 6707. All © David Regan (2011). Link. Grade I listed. The former Congregational Chapel on Chapel Lane. It was later transferred to the Primitive Methodists - its My Primitive Methodists entry dates the Congregational Chapel to the later 19th century - a re-build of an earlier chapel of 1802 (was this on the same site?), and the Methodist usage from circa 1910- 1990's. It's now in residential use. SK 7231 6695. © David Regan (2020).
Layham, Suffolk - see Lower Layham.
Lazonby, Cumbria, St. Nicholas. NY 5492 3976. © Steve Bulman. Another view, two of the interior - 1, 2, two examples of the fine wood carving - 1, 2, and the font, all © Chris Stafford (2013). Link. Grade II listed. The 6" O.S. map of 1901 shows two chapels, Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist. The former Methodist Church, originally Wesleyan, seen here in a 2009 Streetview, stands at NY 5468 3958. Its My Wesleyan Methodist entry provides dates of 1850 to after 1980. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel on Scaur Lane stands at NY 5467 3946, and can be seen here, also in 2009. A building date of 1847, and sale in 1946 are provided by its My Primitive Methodists entry.

Lea, Herefordshire, St. John the Baptist. © June Norris.
Lea, Lincolnshire, St. Helen. SK 830 866. © Bill Henderson (2009). Another view, three interiors - 1, 2, 3, and the font, all © David Regan (2017). Link. Grade I listed. Lea Methodist Church. SK 828 867. © Bill Henderson (2009).
Lea, Wiltshire, St. Giles. ST 956 862. © Chris Kippin (2017). Link. Grade II listed.
Lea Marston, Warwickshire, St. John the Baptist. © Aidan McRae Thomson. Link.
Lead, North Yorkshire, St. Mary. The interior. This lovely little church is only used once a year, and cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust. Both © Bill Henderson. An old engraving. © Colin Waters Collection.
Leadenham, Lincolnshire, St. Swithin on Main Street. SK 9504 5175. © Jim Parker. Three interior views - 1, 2, 3, the chancel, the painted ceiling, and the font, all © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade I listed. A Wesleyan Methodist Chapel is shown on old maps at SK 9499 5215. It has a date-stone for 1841, and can be seen on a Streetview from 2011. This source dates its closure to 1965.
Leadgate, Durham.
Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Lowther Parish Church (CoS). Howard Richter advises that this is labelled as a Free Church on old maps. NS 8853 1476. The former Plymouth Brethren Meeting Hall (so identified here). The sign says "Ebenezer Hall". NS 8854 1485. Both
© Steve Bulman (2019). Howard Richter has pointed out that old maps also show another church at NS 8859 1514, on Ramsay Road. It was labelled as Chapel in 1894, and Church in 1910. Since demolished, its site can be seen on a 2009 Streetview. Can you advise its denomination?
Leake, North Yorkshire,
St. Mary. © Bill Henderson. Another view. © James Murray. Another view, mass dial and carving, three interiors - 1, 2, 3 the altar, and the font, all © David Regan (2016). Grade I listed.
Leake Common Side, Lincolnshire, Christ Church, a Mission Church of 1875. TF 3934 5253. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel of 1815. TF 4004 5198. Both
© David Regan (2020). Link (for both).
Leake Fold Hill, Lincolnshire, the former
Primitive Methodist Chapel (1881-1946).
TF 4042 5177. © David Regan (2020). Link.
Lealholm, North Yorkshire, St. James the Greater. NZ 763 076. © Steve Bulman. Two additional views - 1, 2, the interior, and the font, all
© David Regan (2015). Link. Grade II* listed. Methodist Church (originally Wesleyan, dating from 1839). NZ 761 075. © Steve Bulman. Another view, © David Regan (2015). Link. Grade II* listed. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (R.C.), © Mike Forbester. Link.
Leamington Hastings, Warwickshire, All Saints. Originally C13, there is a date-stone of 1703 in the porch gable, which, according to the grade II* listing, is when the south aisle was re-built and the porch extended. Six additional views - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. SP 444 676. Link1. Link2. Link3. Link4. Link5. Link6. The church is a much used (and admired) venue for secular music - link. Broadwell Methodist Church, built as Wesleyan prior to 1887, as it shows on the OS map for that year. Another view.
SP 4520 6592.The same 1887 map also marks the site of a medieval chapel at SP 4567 6563. Link. Church of the Good Shepherd is effectively a Chapel of Ease to All Saints, a mile and a half distant. It shows on the same 1887 map as Mission Room and School. Two additional views - 1, 2. SP 453 660. All © Howard Richter (2015).
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.
Leasingham, Lincolnshire,
St. Andrew. Another two views - 1, 2, two interior views - 1, 2, and two of the superb font - 1, 2. TF 0565 4855. All © David Regan (2013 and 2019). Link. Grade I listed. The former Methodist Church on Chapel Lane, built as a Wesleyan Reform Union Chapel in 1967, on the site of an earlier chapel of the 1850's (source). TF 0561 4887. © David Regan (2020).
Leatherhead, Surrey.
Leathley, North Yorkshire, St. Oswald. © Bill Henderson. Another view, a door with marvellous ironwork, and a column capital, all © Kenneth Paver (2014). Link. Grade I listed.
Leaton, Shropshire, Holy Trinity. SJ 46934 18353. © Carole Sage (2007). Link. Grade II listed.
Leaveland, Kent, St. Laurence. TR 004 548. © Geoff Watt.
Leavening, North Yorkshire, Venerable Bede (CoE). © David Regan (2011). Link.
Lechlade, Gloucestershire, St. Lawrence. © Bill McKenzie. SU 214 995.
Leck, Lancashire, St. Peter. © Mrs. Janet Dalby. And an old postcard view (card franked 1905), from Reg Dosell's Collection.
Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Another view. SP 7264 3792. Both © David Regan (2017). Link. Grade I listed.
Leckford, Hampshire, St. Nicholas. SU 373 376. © Chris Kippin. Link. Grade II* listed.
Leckhapton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - see Cheltenham.
Leckhampton, Gloucestershire, St. Peter. Link. Baptist Church. Both © Graeme Harvey.
Leckwith, Cardiff (City), Cardiff - see Cardiff (City).
Leckwith, Vale of Glamorgan, the former St. James (CiW). © Gerard Charmley.
Leconfield, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. Catherine. © James Murray. Two additional views - 1, 2, both © Jack Nicholson. Grade I listed - link.
Ledbury, Herefordshire.
Ledgemoor, Herefordshire, Mission Room. SO 4147 5030. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel (1856), now in residential use. SO 4151 5043. Both © Paul Wood (2000).
Ledsham, West Yorkshire, dedicated to All Saints. © Bill Henderson. Two interior views - 1, 2, both © Kenneth Paver.
Lee, Devon, St, Matthew, and its interior. The church website calls it St. Matthew and St. Wardrede. SS 4858 4632. Both © Chris Kippin (2023). Grade II listed. The boundary wall and gate-piers have their own grade II listing. The aforementioned church website also says that a medieval chapel dedicated to St. Wardrede once stood where Chapel Cottage now stands. I can't find it labelled on O.S. maps, but Google Maps show a Chapel Cottage west of the church at SS 4820 4636. It was seen by Streetview in 2019. Is this the correct site? Link.
Lee, Greater London - see the London page.
Lee Abbey, Devon,
Retreat Centre. Part of the building was converted into a chapel in 1951. SS 698 492. Link. Part of a nearby limekiln was converted into the Beach Chapel in 1984. SS 694 492. Link (interior view). History of both can be found here and on succeeding pages. Both © Martin Richter (2011).
Lee Common, Buckinghamshire,
the Methodist Chapel (1839, as Primitive Methodist) on Oxford Street. This source dates it to 1839. SP 9079 0419. © Les Needham. Link. There's also a former Baptist Chapel on Lee Clump Road at SP 9073 0445. It looks an unlikely former chapel from a 2010 Streetview, but it's confirmed here, where there is a good history.
Lee Gate, Buckinghamshire,
Emanuel Hall (1883). SP 8981  0533. Les thinks it may be in use today as the village hall. © Les Needham.
Lee Green, Greater London, Emmanuel Pentecostal Church on Lee High Road. © Gerard Doherty (2010). Lee New Testament Church of God on Lee High Road. Janet Gimber has been looking at old maps, and determined that this building was built as Bible Christian, and was later United Methodist, then Lee Methodist Chapel. © Gerard Doherty (2010). Link.
Lee Mill, Devon, Congregational Church. It pre-dates a map of 1886, where it's labelled as Independent Chapel. SX 5976 5570. © Chris Kippin (2023). Link.
Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, St. Faith. © Kerry Marriott. Link.
Leebotwood, Shropshire, St. Mary. Two additional views - 1, 2, four of the interior - 1, 2, 3, 4, the font, and an example of the wall-paintings re-discovered in 1976. SO 471 986. All © Dennis Harper (2016). Grade II* listed.
Leeds, Kent, St. Nicholas. TQ 825 534. © Geoff Watt. Link.
Leeds, West Yorkshire.
Leedstown, Cornwall, the former St. James Mission Church. SW 6083 3465. © Paul E. Barnett (2014). The Methodist Chapel on Chapel Road was originally Wesleyan, and has a date-stone for 1862. SW 6054 3421. © Paul E. Barnett (2014). Link, which includes several interior photos. There was also a Bible Christian Chapel on Praze Road, at SW 6054 3445. Seen by Streetview in 2011, it's evidently now in secular use. It's dated here (where there's an old photo) to 1837 - "before 1932".
Leek, Staffordshire.
Leek Wootton, Warwickshire, All Saints. Another view. and a medieval font. According to this link, the old church was demolished in 1789, the present church being built on the same site. All © John Bowdler.
Leeming, North Yorkshire.
Leenane, County Galway, R.C. church. © Bill Henderson.
Lees, Oldham, Greater Manchester - see Oldham.
Legbourne, Lincolnshire,
All Saints, and an interior view. Legbourne has seven windows by Frederick Preedy. TF 3676 8443. Both © Tudorbarlow (Flickr). Three more views - 1, 2, 3, two  more of the interior - 1, 2, and the font, all © David Regan (2022). Link. Grade I listed. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel on Chapel Lane. This source dates it to 1892-1983, successor of an earlier (un-located) chapel of 1834. TF 3693 8438. © David Regan (2022). A Wesleyan Methodist Chapel once stood on Mill Lane, at TF 3654 8429. Its site now forms the driveway of the bungalow seen in a Streetview from 2021. A little further west along Mill Road was a United Methodist Chapel, at TF 3641 8422. Does anything of it survive in the house (Streetview 2021) on the site today? Both chapels pre-date a map of 1906. Legbourne Cistercian Priory stood further west along Mill Lane, at TF 3597 8422. According to its listing, earthworks and water features survive, but nothing can be seen from Streetview because of roadside vegetation. An aerial view of the site can be seen here. Link.
Legburthwaite, Cumbria, the former Anglican Mission Room of 1881, which was in use until circa 1990. The entry can be seen in a Streetview from 2016. NY 3186 1929. © Alan Marsden (2020).
Legerwood, Borders,
Church of Scotland. NT 5940 4342. © James Denham (2010). Link. Category A listed.
Legsby, Lincolnshire, St. Thomas. Another view, interior view, altar, and the Norman drum font. All © David Regan (2013). Link. Grade II listed.
Leicester, Leicestershire.
Leicester Forest East, Leicestershire, St. Andrew (LEP Anglican and Methodist), on Rutland Close, as seen by Streetview in 2021. Its ACNY entry dates it to 1966, and the history page advises that it was successor to a wooden building of 1948 (not so far located). SK 5310 0335. Methodist link. The Methodist Church of 1931 on Hinckley Road was sold soon after the formation of the LEP in 1977. It, or its replacement on the same site, is now Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses (2022 Streetview). SK 5353 0335. Beacon Life Church (2022 Streetview) on Charnwood Drive. A place of worship is indicated here on a map of 1952, though its allegiances are so far not known. SK 5338 0339. Link.
Leigh, Greater Manchester.
Leigh, Kent, St. Mary. TQ 548 466. © Dave Westrap. An old postcard view, from Geoff Watt's Collection. Link1. Link2. Link3.
Leigh, Wiltshire,
All Saints, at SU 0624 9216. It was moved from its original position in 1896. © Simon Edwards (2011). Link. Grade II* listed. All Saints church originally stood about half a mile away at SU 0582 9284. When it was moved, the All Saints Old Chancel was left behind. It too is grade II* listed. An information board provides a little history. Both © Chris Kippin (2022).
Leigh, Worcestershire, St. Edburga, as seen by Streetview in 2021. SO 7842 5346. The interior and font, both © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Grade I listed. The churchyard cross is listed separately as grade II.
Leigh Barton, Devon, the site of a Chapel which lies under a later building, as seen by Streetview in 2009. It's marked on O.S. maps at SS 9120 1485.
Leigh Delamere, Wiltshire,
St. Margaret of Antioch. Originally in the "Unknown" section, thanks to Michael Royalton-Kisch for identifying this church. ST 884 792. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A modern view, © Chris Kippin (2019). Link. Grade II* listed. The Multi-faith Room in the Motorway Services. Interior view. Both © Janet Gimber (2017).
Leigh upon Mendip,
St. Giles. St. Giles. ST 6925 4729. © Kevin Gordon. Two additional views - 1, 2, and the roof, all © Christopher Skottowe (1965 and 1950). Another view, © Chris Kippin (2021), who highlights the similarity of the tower to that of St. Andrew at Mells. Link. Grade I listed. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel on Leigh Street, now in residential use. Another view. Its My Primitive Methodists entry dates it to 1835. ST 6896 4725. Both © Chris Kippin (2021). Another former Chapel was Wesleyan Methodist. Also on Leigh Road, it stands at ST 6907 4723, and was seen by Streetview in 2009. It pre-dates a map of 1886.
Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.
Leigh Woods, Somerset,
St. Mary the Virgin, on Church Road. An unusual church, with dormer windows, and an odd tower. ST 55840 72887. © Andrew Ross. Two additional views - 1, 2, and the churchyard gate, all © Carole Sage (2016). Another view, and the cockerel weather-vane, both © Carole Sage (2018). Link.
Leighland, Somerset, St. Giles. Another view, and the interior. ST 0321 3654. All © Chris Kippin (2020). Link. This source says it was built on the site of a medieval predecessor.
Leighterton, Gloucestershire,
St. Andrew. ST 8237 9107. © Graeme Harvey (2013). Two additional views - 1, 2, both © Karel Kuča (2007). Link. Grade II* listed. Numerous churchyard monuments are listed separately - they can be seen here. The Baptist Chapel of 1828 on The Meads. ST 8244 9108. It's marked as an Independent Chapel on older O.S. maps. © Janet Gimber (2019).
Leighton, Powys, Holy Trinity. © Chris Emms (2009). Link.
Leighton Bromswold, Cambridgeshire,
St. Mary. TL 1158 7527. © Jim Rushton. Link. Grade I listed. A map of 1951 shows an unidentified place of worship on the north side of The Avenue at TL 1135 7542. Seen by Streetview in 2009, it's likely to have been the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel mentioned here.
Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire.
Leinthall Earls, Herefordshire, St. Andrew. Another view, two of the interior - 1, 2, and the pulpit. SO 4430 6789. All © Chris Kippin (2023). Link. Grade II* listed.
Leinthall Starkes,
Herefordshire, St. Mary Magdalene. Another view. SO 4419 7003. Both © Chris Kippin (2023). Link. Grade II* listed.
Leintwardine, Herefordshire,
St. Mary Magdalene. Two interiors - 1, 2, the East window, altar and reredos, and the font. There is also some charming wood carvings. SO 404 741. All © Steve Bulman (2014). Link. Grade I listed. The Methodist Chapel on Church Lane. This was built as Primitive Methodist in 1841, according to the My Primitive Methodist entry, though it appears to have been much altered or re-built since then. SO 4047 7403. © Paul Wood (2000). Ebenezer Congregational Chapel (1869) on Tipton's Lane. SO 4047 7425. © Paul Wood (2000). Grade II listed. The scant remains of the Primitive Methodist Chapel at Mocktree. The My Primitive Methodist Ancestors entry dates it to 1841, and it seems to have gone out of use in the 1930's. SO 4219 7616. © Paul Wood (2000).
Leire, Leicestershire, St. Peter (medieval tower, the rest of the building 1868). Interior view. SP 526 900. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson (2012). Link. Grade II* listed - link.
Leiston, Suffolk.
Leith, City of Edinburgh.
Lelant, Cornwall, St. Uny. There is a small chapel adjacent (confirmed as a mortuary chapel by Janet Gimber) dating from 1879 (date-stone). SW 548 377. Link. Grade I listed. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. SW 544 369. Link. Bowl Rock Chapel House was originally Lelant Downs Wesleyan Chapel. SW 522 367. The rock after which it is named was, according to local legend, played with by giants. All © Paul E. Barnett (2014). A tentative entry now - Lelant Abbey. According to the website of the holiday let, the building has been in secular use since 1581, but before that it is supposed to have belonged to the priory on St. Michael's Mount, and used as respite housing for the monks from the priory. As such, it could well have had a chapel. SW 542 365. © Paul E. Barnett (2017).
Lemington, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear - see Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
Lemsford, Hertfordshire, St. John the Evangelist. © Bill McKenzie.
An old postcard view, from in Reg Dosell's Collection. Link.
Lenham, Kent, St. Mary. TQ 899 521. © John Salmon. Link.
Lenham Heath, Kent, former chapel (now a private residence). TQ 919 495. © Geoff Watt. Janet Gimber advises that this was Primitive Methodist, and later "Lenham Heath Methodist Chapel".
Lennel, Borders, the remains of the medieval Old Parish Church. Two more views - 1, 2. NT 8575 4117. All © Steve Bulman (2017). Canmore entry. Category B listed.
Lenton, Lincolnshire, St. Peter. TF 0258 3035. © Mike Berrell (2012). The sun-dial, two interior views - 1, 2, the chancel, a fine monument, and the font, all
© Chris Stafford (2014). Link. Grade I listed.
Leominster, Herefordshire.
Leonard Stanley, Gloucestershire, St. Swithun. © Graeme Harvey (2013). Link. Grade I listed.
Lepton, West Yorkshire, St. John the Evangelist (1866-8). Another view. SE 199 150. © David Regan (2011). Another view, this one © Bill Henderson (2012). Link. Grade II listed - link.
Lerwick, Shetland.
Les Camps, Guernsey, Methodist Church. © Janet Gimber (2019). Link.
Les Vaubelets, Guernsey, The Little Chapel. A view of the entrance. Both © Roger Heap. Another view, and the interior, both © Jim Parker. Link.
Lesbury, Northumberland, St. Mary. NU 236 117. © Steve Bulman. Another view. © Peter Morgan. Link.
Leslie, Fife.
Lesnewth, Cornwall- photos of St. Michael and all Angel (exterior and interior) are available here. SX 1308 9030. Grade II* listed. A number of churchyard monuments, and the lych-gate, are listed separately, and they can be found here.
Lessingham, Norfolk,
All Saints on Church Lane. TG 392 285. Dating from the 13th century, it underwent a significant restoration in late Victorian times. © Geoff Watt. Another view, and the interior, © Richard Roberts (2018). Link. Grade II* listed. Methodist Church, © Geoff Watt.
Letchworth, Herts.
Letham, Angus, the Parish Church. © Derek Robertson.
Lethanhill, East Ayrshire. Lethanhill was a now-vanished mining village.
It had a Mission Hall. Old maps imply it was built between 1897 and 1909, and it was demolished by 1961. A war memorial has been left in situ. Although not seen by Streetview, its Canmore entry includes photos here. NS 4349 1037.
Letheringsett, Norfolk,
St. Andrew, on Church Lane, which is mainly of the 11th and 14th centuries, with a restoration in the late 19th. TG 060 389. © Bill McKenzie. Another view, and the interior, both © Richard Roberts (2018). Link. Grade II* listed. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel on Riverside Road, now in residential use. Built in 1898, it was in use until the 1970's. TG 062 386. © Richard Roberts (2018).
Letterfrack, Co. Galway, the church (1877-81) in the grounds of Kylemore Abbey is no longer used for services. Interior view. Both © John Balaam (2012). Link.
Letterston, Pembrokeshire, St. Giles. Two interior views - 1, 2. SM 943 296. Horeb Congregational Chapel (1901). SM 951 298. Saron Baptist Chapel. SM 951 298. All © Mike Berrell (2010).
Letton, Norfolk. Marked on O.S. maps about ¾ of a mile N.W. of Cranworth village is All Saint's Church (Site of). TF 9757 0546. Its site (in the trees) can be seen on a Streetview of 2011. An attempt to ascertain if anything of the church remains above ground can be read here.
Letwell, South Yorkshire, St. Peter. © Bill Henderson.
Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, St. Eunan's Cathedral (R.C.).  © Graeme Harvey. An old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection. Link. Trinity Presbyterian Church. © Graeme Harvey. Link. Conwal Parish Church (CoI). © Graeme Harvey. Link.
Letton, Herefordshire, St. John the Baptist (O). Interior view and a splendid doorway. SO 3351 4645. All © Chris Kippin. Another view, © Paul Wood. Another view, and a close-up of the carved stones above the doorway, both © Karel Kuča (2007). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed.
Leuchars, Fife, St. Athernase (CoS) on Main Street - a most impressive-looking church. © Derek Robertson. Two further views - 1, 2, both © Jim Parker (2009), and two interior views - 1, 2, both © Jim Parker (2011). Link. RAF Leuchars Station Church (multi-denominational) on Main Street. © Jim Parker (2009). Link. The former Free Church (1895) on Main Street is now known as Henderson Hall. © Jim Parker (2011). Link.
Leusdon, Devon, St. John the Baptist. Another view. SX 709 732. Both © Andrew Ross (2019). Link. Grade II listed.
Leven, East Riding of Yorkshire, Holy Trinity. Methodist Church. Both © James Murray.
Leven, Fife.
Levens, Cumbria, dedicated to St. John Evangelist (1824-7). SD 4852 8577. © Steve Bulman. Another view, and an interior view, both © Tim Hollinghurst (2011). Grade II listed. Levens Methodist Church (1892) was originally Wesleyan. SD 4876 8615. © Philip Kapp. The church website has an interior view. The 1892 chapel had a predecessor of 1795, on what is now Old Chapel Lane (off Levens Lane). It isn't marked on maps available to me, but Old Chapel Lane is at circa SD 4870 8628. The Streetview van hasn't passed by, but a photo is available here.
Levenshulme, Manchester, Greater Manchester.
Leverburgh, Western Isles (Harris), Church of Scotland. Free Church. NG 015 865. Both © John Mackie.
Leverington, Cambridgeshire, St. Leonard. Another view, three interiors - 1, 2, 3 the chancel and font. TL 4449 1140. All © David Regan (2016). Link. A video tour of the churchyard. Grade I listed. A grade II listed medieval cross base stands in the churchyard - which it says was transferred here from Fitton End, Newton. About ½ a mile south of the church is the site of a Primitive Methodist Chapel, which is dated here to 1886. A bungalow called Old Chapel stands there now, and it was seen by Streetview in 2022. The chapel itself stood gable-end on to the roadway, and stood where the driveway is.
Leverstock Green, Hertfordshire, Holy Trinity. TL 085 065. © Les Needham. Link.
Leverton, Lincolnshire, St. Helena. TF 399 478. © Michael Bourne.
Leverton Outgate, Lincolnshire, the former Methodist Church. It was built as Wesleyan in 1867 and was closed in 1992 (source). It's now in residential use. TF 4203 4812. © David Regan (2020).
Levisham, North Yorkshire, St. John the Baptist. © Bill McKenzie. Another view, two interior views - 1, 2 - altar and font, all © John Bowdler.
Lew, Oxfordshire, Holy Trinity (1841). © Chris Emms (2011). Grade II listed - link.
Lewannick, Cornwall, St. Martin. SX 2761 8070. Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed. The former Ebenezer Bible Christian Chapel. SX 2735 8040. Both © Paul E. Barnett (2018).
Lewes, East Sussex.
Lewis (island), Western Isles.
Lewisham, Greater London.
Lewknor, Oxfordshire, St. Margaret. SU 716 977. © Les Needham. Link.
Lewtrenchard, Devon,
St. Peter. SX 457 861. Previously in the "Unknown" section. Carol believed this 2002 photo to be a St. Peter in SW England. It has an eagle lectern, and a carved wooden pulpit, with paintings of Saints. Thanks to Phil Draper for the ID.
Lifton, St. Mary the Virgin. Another view. SX 385 850. Both from old postcards in Reg Dosell's Collection. Link.

Ley Hill, Buckinghamshire,
the Methodist Chapel, built as Primitive Methodist in 1887. SP 9887 0201. © Les Needham. Just a short distance to the SE older O.S. maps mark a Baptist Chapel, at SP 9895 0195. It pre-dated a map of 1882-3, where it's labelled as Baptist Chapel (General) and it had gone out of use and been demolished before the 1960 1" map was compiled. It stood roughly on the right hand half of the building at the centre of a 2010 Streetview, though it was aligned at 90° to it.
Leybourne, Kent, St. Peter and St. Paul. © Mike Rice. Link.
Leyburn, North Yorkshire.
Leyland, Lancashire.
Leysdown, Kent, St. Clement, now demolished. Link is to external website.
Leysters, Herefordshire,
St. Andrew. Interior view. SO 5682 6324. Both © Tim Hollinghurst. Two additional views - 1, 2, and a blocked doorway, all © Paul Wood (2017), and another exterior and two more of the interior - 1, 2, all © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade I listed.
Leyton, Greater London - see the London page.
Leytonstone, Greater London - see the London page.
Lezant, Cornwall, St. Brioc(h)us. According to an information board, the church received it's current dedication in 1250, and the tower dates from 1480. SX 3385 7909. © Carole Sage (1999). The following interior views are © Carole Sage (1999) - 1, 4, and the font; 2 and 3 are old postcards from Carole's Collection. Another view, © Paul E. Barnett (2022). Link. Grade II* listed.

Libanus, Powys, St. John. © Eirian Evans. Ebenezer U.R.C. (1973) was built on the site of an earlier building. © Gerard Charmley (2010).
Lichfield, Staffordshire.
Lickey, Worcestershire,
Holy Trinity. Its Wikipedia entry dates it to 1855-6, with later enlargements. SO 9945 7523. © Vanessa Morgan. Another view, © Tudorbarlow (Flickr), and another view and the interior, both © Peter Morgan (2023). Link.
Lickey End, Worcestershire,
the Methodist Church. Older maps label it as Wesleyan. SO 9696 7307. © Peter Morgan (2011). Link.
Liddaton, Devon, the low walls remaining of the demolished Providence Bible Christian Chapel. The date-stone for 1868 survives, built into the surviving few courses of masonry. This source says it was closed in 1979 and demolished in the early 2000's. Both © Chris Kippin (2022).
Liddington, Wiltshire,
All Saints. SU 2062 8126. © John Pope. Another view, © Simon Edwards (2011). Link. Grade I listed. The stump of a medieval cross in the churchyard is separately listed as grade II. A former Methodist Chapel stands on the south side of The Street at SU 2077 8141. It's almost certainly the chapel mentioned here as Wesleyan, dating from 1870. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Lidget Green, Bradford, West Yorkshire - see Bradford.
Lidgey, Cornwall, Greek Orthodox Church of the Archangel Michael and St Piran. SW 756 364. © Paul E. Barnett (2015).
Lidlington, Bedfordshire, St. Margaret (1885), on Church Street and The Lane. © Bill McKenzie. Interior view, from an old postcard in Judy Flynn's Collection. This source says that the church was closed sometime between 2002 and 2015, and has been converted to residential use. SP 9912 3892. It also mentions a medieval predecessor in what is now the cemetery, a little way to the south-east, finally demolished in 1961. The same source, and also Genuki, says it was also dedicated to St. Margaret, but O.S. maps are consistent in labelling it as All Saints. Streetview doesn't have a view of the cemetery (access road here, in 2021), and I haven't been able to find a photo of the old church. SP 9919 3883. Lidlington Church, on Church Street, as seen by Streetview in 2020. Zooming in to the roundel below the apex shows that this was originally Bethel Primitive Methodist Chapel. It's dated here to 1863, where it also mentions a predecessor (un-located) of 1850. SP 9900 3901. Link. The village also had a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on High Street. It survives, converted into a house, and can be seen in a 2021 Streetview. It's dated here to 1854, where it mentions an earlier chapel of 1805, again un-located. Closure is given as 1957, or soon after, following merger with the Primitive Methodist congregation. SP 9908 3882.
Lifford, Co. Donegal, Church of Slugadius (CoI). © Graeme Harvey.
Lifton, Devon,
St. Mary the Virgin. Another view. SX 3863 8501. Both from old postcards in Reg Dosell's Collection. This church had also been an entry on the long-term unsolved page but its identity has now been confirmed. Brad and Steph MacDonald inherited these large framed photos (1, 2) from a relative who lived in North Cornwall. They believe they are over 100 years old. Hannah Chandler has provided the solution. Suspecting it was this Church, she contacted the owners of the adjacent house, who confirmed that it was indeed St. Mary, and that the differences in the old photo, and the church as it is today, are explained by renovation works. Hannah also pointed me to its Wikipedia entry which has a modern photo. Two modern views - 1, 2, the interior and font. All © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Grade I listed. Several monuments in the churchyard are listed separately - these can be found here. Older O.S. maps show a Baptist Chapel on the north side of Fore Street. Labelled as such on a large scale map of 1906, it isn't shown on one of 1884. I think it stood where the grey building is in a Streetview from 2022 - whether any fabric from the chapel survives is unclear.
Liftondown, Devon, Wesleyan Methodist Church. SX 369 854.
© Paul E. Barnett (2017).
Lightcliffe, West Yorkshire, St. Matthew (1875). © Gerard Charmley (2014). Link. Of Old St. Matthew, only the tower survives, and is in the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches - link. © Gerard Charmley (2014). Link. Christ Church (United Reformed Methodist). The former Congregational Church, now used as business premises. Both © Bill Henderson.
Lighthorne, Warwickshire, St. Laurence. SP 335 560. © Steve Bulman. Another view. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Lightwater, Surrey, All Saints. SU 933 862. © Susan Heighes (2013). Link.
Lightwood Green, Cheshire, Methodist Church. This was built as Wesleyan in 1906. Another view. SJ 6318 4309. Both © Martin Richter (2018). Link. Older maps show an earlier Wesleyan Chapel, at about SJ 6323 4296. Comparison with today's Google Earth shows that there is still a building in about the same position. Is this a newer building, or does the old chapel still survive?
Lilbourne, Northamptonshire, All Saints. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Grade I listed.
Lilleshall, Shropshire, St. Michael and All Angels. Two additional views - 1, 2, and the sun-dial. Three interiors - 1, 2, 3, the chancel, the East window, the pulpit and the font. The list of incumbents goes back to 1232. Link. Grade I listed. The ruins of Lilleshall Augustinian Abbey. Three additional views - 1, 2, 3. SJ 7377 1421. Link. All © Dennis Harper (2018).
Lilley, Hertfordshire, St. Peter. Its grade II* listing dates it to a re-build of 1870-2, incorporating some of the medieval fabric.
TL 1183 2637. From an old postcard (franked 1908) in Judy Flynn's collection. Streetview provides some alternative views - 1 (2010), 2 (2010), 3 (2020). For details of two listed monuments in the churchyard, see here. A converted former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel stands off West Street at TL 1172 2660. It was (just) glimpsed by Streetview in 2014 - the white building behind the tree, and here's the footpath which accessed it, from Streetview in 2010. Some photos of the former chapel are available here. This photo (© Bill McKenzie) previously listed as being St. Peter clearly isn't. Judy thinks it could well be a Hertfordshire church, it having the distinctive Hertfordshire spike. Can you identify it?
Lilliesleaf, Borders, CoS. NT 5391 2531. © Bill McKenzie. Link1. Link2 dates it to 1771. Category B listed. O.S. maps mark Burial Vaults and remains of Church in the churchyard to the south-east of the present church - presumably a predecessor. The remains aren't visible on Streetview. The churchyard, including these remains, is category B listed. A little over half a mile E.N.E. of the church is a cluster of buildings (Chapel Farm), one of which is labelled Chapel on O.S. maps. Aerial views suggest it survives, but it isn't visible on Streetview, and I haven't been able to discover anything about it, other than a brief news report about the discovery of an old skeleton. NT 5475 2563. A map of 1921 shows a United Free Church south of the main road through the village, at NT 5358 2518. What appears to be the same building is present but not labelled as a place of worship on a map of 1899 - the same applies to a map of 1963. The building survives - presumably converted to residential use -  and was seen by the Streetview van in 2021, from a street running parallel to the main street (from where the church is screened by dense vegetation).
Lillingstone Dayrell, Buckinghamshire,
St. Nicholas of Bari. Another view, two of the interior - 1, 2, a selection of tombs and brasses - 1, 2, 3, 4, and the font. SP 7053 3983. All © David Regan (2017). Link. Grade I listed.
Lillingstone Lovell, Buckinghamshire,
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The interior, font, and photos two of the brasses - 1, 2. SP 7125 4049. All © David Regan (2017). Link. Grade I listed.
Lillington, Warwickshire, St. Mary Magdalene. © Aidan McRae Thomson. Church of Our Lady (R.C.); another view, and some interior views - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - all © John Bowdler. Link. U.R.C. © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Lilstock, Somerset. Maggie explains that this church was de-consecrated in the late 19th century, and only the chancel has been restored. © Maggie Exon.
Limavady, Co, Derry.
Limehouse, Greater London - see the Greater London page.
Limerick, Co. Limerick, St. Mary's Cathedral (CoI). Link. St. Michael (CoI) on Barrington Street is dated here to 1844. St. Saviour (Dominican) on Dominic Street, and its interior. Link. St. Mary, King's Island (R.C.). It's dated here to 1930-2, on the site of an earlier church. All © John Balaam (2022).
Limington, Somerset, Blessed Virgin Mary. ST 5416 2237. © Chris Kippin (2021). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. A Primitive Methodist Chapel is marked on old maps on Church Street at ST 5405 2241. It stood on the patch of grass at the roadside, as seen here on a Streetview of 2009.
Limpenhoe, Norfolk, St. Botolph. © Geoff Watt. Link.
Limpley Stoke, Wiltshire, St. Mary the Virgin. The interior. ST 7836 6035. Both © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Grade II* listed. Other listed features associated with the church can be found here. The former Baptist Chapel (as seen by Streetview in 2009) has a date-stone for 1815. The National Archives references documents pertaining to the chapel for the years 1829-2000. ST 7807 6074. Grade II listed.
Limpsfield, Surrey, St. Peter - the burial place of the composer Delius. From an old postcard, Brett Jeffery's Collection. Link.
Limpsfield Chart, Surrey, St. Andrew, in about 1900. An earlier view (from about 1895), when the church was partly built. Both from old postcards, Brett Jeffery's Collection. Link.
Linby, Nottinghamshire, St. Michael. Another view and the tower. SK 53446 50898. All © David Regan (2013). Three additional views - 1, 2, 3, three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, the organ and the font, all © Dennis Harper (2020). Link. Grade II* listed.
Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Lindal-in-Furness, Cumbria, St. Peter (1885-6). SD 2493 7583. Grade II listed. The former chapel (now a private house) on Ulverston Road, which Janet Gimber advises was Wesleyan Methodist. Its Genuki entry provides dates of 1871-1985. SD 2497 7575. Both © Philip Kapp. The 25" O.S. map of 1913 shows a Christians' Meeting House, at SD 2491 7609, on Pit Lane. It still survives, and can be seen on a 2011 Streetview. It has an entry on Genuki, where it is listed as Christian Meeting House Church of Christ.
Lindale, Cumbria, St. Paul (1828). SD 4142 8041. © Steve Bulman. News story about its 2019 closure. Grade II listed.
Lindfield, West Sussex,
All Saints. TQ 3489 2585. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Another old postcard shows the interior - from Christopher Skottowe's Collection. Link. Grade II* listed.
Lindisfarne, Northumberland.
Lindley, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire - see Huddersfield.
Lindridge, Worcestershire,
St. Lawrence. SO 6752 6899. © Aidan McRae Thomson. Another view, © Graeme Harvey, and the interior, © Aidan McRae Thomson. The chancel, © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1861. For other listed features in the churchyard, see here.
Lindsell, Essex, St. Mary the Virgin. Two more views - 1, 2, the former anchorite's cell, and three of the interior - 1, 2, 3. TL 6436 2711. All
© Chris Stafford (2013).
 Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed.
Lindsey, Suffolk, St. James's Chapel. Interior view. Both © Mike Berrell. Link.
Lingfield, Surrey, St. Peter and St. Paul. Two further views - 1, 2. TQ 3888 4378. All © Karel Kuča (2007). Link. Grade I listed. St. Bernard (R.C.) stands off Vicarage Road, and can be seen in a Streetview from 2008. TQ 3863 4367. Link. Old maps show a Baptist Church on High Street. It can be seen here on a Streetview from 2008. By 2021 it had changed a little. TQ 3867 4358. Ocean of Love Church meets in Lingfield & Dormansland Community Centre on Old School Place, seen here in a Streetview from 2008. TQ 3883 4359. Link. A map of 1912-13 marks a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on High Street at TQ 3880 4354. Streetview saw it in 2011.
Lingwood, Norfolk, Methodist Church. © George Weston.
Linkenholt, Hampshire, St. Peter. SU 3637 5809. © Chris Kippin (2018). Another view, and the porch, both © Karel Kuča (2011).  Link. Grade II listed.
Linkinhorne, Cornwall, St. Melor (or Melorus, or Mylor). Another view. SX 319 735. Both © Paul E. Barnett (2018). Grade I listed.
Linlathen, Dundee (City), Dundee - see
Dundee.
Linley, Shropshire, St. Leonard, now cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust. Two additional views - 1, 2. A doorway with Norman tympanum above. A much finer one adorns a blocked doorway. Two interior views - 1, 2, the chancel, and the font. All © Dennis Harper (2014). Link. Grade I listed.
Linley Green, Herefordshire, the former Mission Church. An old directory, quoted from here, dates it to 1893, and another source says it was still in use in the early 1980's. SO 6916 5326. © Peter Morgan (2023).
Linlithgow, West Lothian.
Linslade, Bedfordshire,
St. Mary, which sits some distance to the north of the town. SP 9102 2682. © Bedfordshire and Luton Archives & Records Service (2009). Link. Grade I listed. St. Barnabas on Vicarage Road. SP 9126 2496. © Bedfordshire and Luton Archives & Records Service (2008). Link. Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1848-9, with later additions. Bethel Free Grace Baptist Chapel (1843) on New Road. SP 9139 2502. © Bedfordshire and Luton Archives & Records Service (2008). Link. Jubilee Primitive Methodist Chapel stood on Old Road at SP 9121 2515. It pre-dated a map of 1880-91, and survived until at least circa 1980 (there's a photo of it available here, where it says it was closed around 1940). The residential building on the site today can be seen in a Streetview from 2021; the chapel occupied the central third of the site.
Linstead Parva, Suffolk, St. Margaret of Antioch. TM 337 777. © Steve Bulman (2005). Link.
Linthwaite, West Yorkshire, Christ Church. Another view. Link. Methodist Church. The old Methodist Chapel also stands nearby. Link. All © David Regan (2012).
Linton, Cambridgeshire,
St. Mary the Virgin. Another view. TL 5619 4667. Both © William Metcalfe. Link. Grade I listed. For other listed features, see here. Linton Free Church (2008 Streetview) is labelled on older maps as Congregational, and its grade II listing (which dates it to 1818) has it as U.R.C. TL 5602 4663. Link.
Linton, Derbyshire, Christ Church (1881) on Hillside Road. Interior view. SK 275 172. Link. Trinity Methodist Church at Linton Heath. It was built as Primitive Methodist in 1909. Note the Art Nouveau date-stone. SK 285 165. All © Richard Roberts (2014).
Linton, Kent, St. Nicholas. Coxheath Congregational Chapel (though it is in Linton!). Both © Ann Gould.
Linton in Craven, North Yorkshire, St. Michael & All the Angels. © Mark Etheridge. Another view. Interior view. Both © Alan Blacklock. An early drum font. © Steve Bulman. Link. Fountaine's Hospital Chapel. Interior view. Both © David Regan (2010). Link.
Linwood, Lincolnshire,
St. Cornelius - an unusual dedication. Another view. Both © David Regan (2011). Another view, three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, the font, and two examples of the fine brasses - 1, 2, all © David Regan (2018). Link.
Linwood, Renfrewshire, parish church. Gospel Hall. Both © Martin Briscoe.
Lisbellaw, County Fermanagh, the parish church. © Jack Storey. Presbyterian Church. H 303 409. © Gerard Close. Methodist Church. H 299 411. © Gerard Close.
Lisburn, Counties Antrim and Down. Lisburn straddles the border of the two counties - the boundary being the River Lagan (see Wikipedia entry).
Liscooley, Co. Donegal, Donoughmore Presbyterian Church. © Graeme Harvey.
Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare, Catholic Church (interior view). From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection.
Liskeard, Cornwall.
Lislea, Co. Derry, the former Lislea Mission Hall (1926). C 950 074. © Gerard Close (2016).
Lislimnaghan, Co. Tyrone, Holy Trinity (CoI). H 430 758. © Gerard Close.
Lismore,
Co. Waterford, St. Carthage's Roman Catholic Cathedral. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection.
Lisnafillan, Co. Antrim, Mission Hall (1931). D 067 015. © Gerard Close (2009).
Lisnagleer, Co. Tyrone, Baptist Church. H 785 684. © Gerard Close.
Lisnaskea, Co. Fermanagh.
Liss, Hampshire, St. Peter (International Presbyterian) at Burgates. SU 7705 2868. © Chris Kippin. Link. Grade II* listed. A churchyard tomb is also listed, as grade II. St. Mary on Station Road. Another view. SU 7750 2790. Both © Chris Kippin (2023) off Station Road. Link. Its grade II listing dates it to 1891, by Blomfield, with later additions. The former Methodist Chapel, on Station Road. It's probably the United Free Chapel mentioned here. At the time of the most recent Streetview visit (2016), it was a Kingdom Hall, as it had been since at least 2008. SU 7750 2797. © Chris Kippin (2023).
Lissan, Co. Derry, Church of Ireland. H 805 829.
St. Michael (R.C., 1907). H 802 831. Both © Gerard Close.
Lissett, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. James of Compostella. © James Murray. Link.
Lissington, Lincolnshire, St. John the Baptist. Two interior views - 1, 2, and the font. Link. Grade II listed. The former Methodist Chapel. All © David Regan (2013).
Liston, Essex, no dedication or dedication lost (C). Another view, and the porch. All © Chris Stafford (2013). Link1, which suggests the dedication may have been St. Katherine. Link2. Link3.
Listooder, County Down, the Kilmore Presbyterian Church. © Jack Storey.
Listowel, Co. Kerry,
St. John (CoI) on The Square. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. It's now in use as a theatre (link). Just a stone's throw away is St. Mary (R.C.), © John Balaam (2022). Link. The history page dates it to 1829.
Lisvane, Cardiff,
St. Denys. ST 1915 8306. © David Gallimore. Link. Grade II* listed. The former Lisvane Baptist Church (1856 - 2003), now a private residence. Very unusual is the outside baptistry. ST 1956 8412. Both © Gerard Charmley. Grade II listed. The baptistry is also listed, as grade II.
Litlington, East Sussex, St. Michael the Archangel (O). TQ 523 019. © Dave Westrap.  An old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection. Another view, two interior view - 1, 2 - and the font, all © Steve Bulman (2009). Link.
Litcham, Norfolk, All Saints, on Church Street, dates from 1412. Another view, and the interior. TF 8870 1765. All © Peter Morgan (2016). Another of the interior, and the font, all © Chris Stafford (2014). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. The war memorial in the churchyard is listed as grade II. The village also has a former Primitive Methodist Chapel, on Butt Lane, at TF 8854 1776. What I assume is the building was seen by Streetview in 2009. Photos of it are available here, where it's dated to 1848 (or 1867) to circa 1950. Its Genuki entry says "closed before 1948". The Methodist Church is on Front Street and Manor Drive, and has a date-stone saying "United Methodist Church 1909". It was seen by Streetview in 2009. Link.
Litchborough, Northamptonshire,
St. Martin on Banbury Road. Another view. SP 663 543. Grade II* listed. Particular Baptist Chapel (1862) on Towcester Road. Another view, and the interior. SP 635 542. Link. All © Howard Richter (2015).
Litchfield, Hampshire, St. James the Less. The interior and the font. SU 46167 54028. All © Chris Kippin (2020). Link. Grade II* listed.
Litlington, Cambridgeshire, St. Catherine on Church Street. Two extra views - 1, 2. TL 3098 4275. All © David Regan (2019). The font, © Christopher Skottowe (1963). Link. Grade II* listed. The U.R.C. on Meeting Lane was originally Congregational, and dated here to 1863. TL 3142 4286. © David Regan (2019). A Primitive Methodist Chapel is shown on an O.S. map of 1899, on Royston Road at TL 3144 4250. A P.M. chapel is mentioned here, where it's dated to 1850. Whether this is the same chapel as the one shown on the map is uncertain. The chapel on the map hasn't survived, and its site can be seen on a Streetview from 2011.

Litlington, East Sussex, St. Michael the Archangel (O). Curiously, Pevsner fails to give the dedication. TQ 523 019. © Dave Westrap. An old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection. Another view, two interior view - 1, 2 - and the font, all © Steve Bulman (2009). Another view, © Elaine Saunders (2016). Link.
Little Abington, Cambridgeshire, St. Mary the Virgin on Church Lane. Two extra views - 1, 2, two interiors - 1, 2, the chancel  and the C13 font. TL 5295 4920. All © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade II* listed. Turn of the 20th century maps show a Mission Room on High Street, at circa TL 5334 4926 (unfortunately the available maps don't indicate precisely which building is intended). I think it will have stood somewhere on the left of the road seen by Streetview in 2021. It seems to have gone out of use by the mid-20th century. A little further north on the same road is St. Edmund's Russian Orthodox Church (2023 Streetview). TL 5335 4930. Link.

Little Addington, Northamptonshire, St. Mary the Virgin. Another view. SP 9588 7355. Both © David Regan (2017). Two interior views - 1, 2, the screen, and the font, all © Chris Stafford (2015). Link. Grade I listed. The war memorial in the churchyard is listed as grade II. There is a former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Chapel Hill, at SP 9580 7346. Seen by Streetview in 2009, I've been unable to discover any dates for it, but it pre-dates a map surveyed in 1884.
Little Amwell, Hertfordshire, Holy Trinity
. © Bill McKenzie.
Little Asby, Cumbria,
former church. Another view. The adjoining property is "The Manse". NY 6984 0966. Both © Martin Richter (2011). Kevin Price has advised that when it closed in about 1965, this was Little Asby Congregational Church. In the late 1960's it was being used for motorcycle repair and storage, but is now a residential/holiday let. O.S. maps indicate the site of St. Leonard's Church a short distance away at NY 6990 0962. The best that can be said from the 2010 Streetview is that it stood in the field behind the farmhouse or adjacent barn. Its Genuki entry says it was "closed before 1831".
Little Aston, Staffordshire, St. Peter. © Bruce Read.
Little Badminton, Gloucestershire, St. Michael and All Angels on Church Lane. Another view. ST 8017 8425. Both © Janet Gimber (2019). The church website has an interior photo. Grade I listed.
Little Bardfield, Essex, St. Katharine. Two more views - 1, 2, two of the the interior - 1, 2, the chancel, and the font. TL 6555 3074. All © Chris Stafford (2013). Link. Grade I listed. A monument is separately listed as grade II.
Little Barford, Bedfordshire,
St. Denys. Redundant, and now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. TL 1776 5695. © Bedfordshire and Luton Archives & Records Service (2010). An old postcard view, from Judy Flynn's Collection. Two additional views - 1, 2, two of the interior - 1, 2, a Norman doorway, a window, and the font, all © Chris Stafford (2015). Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed.
Little Barrington, Gloucestershire, St. Peter. © Mark Turbott. Another view, © Chris Emms (2011). Link. Grade I listed - link.
Little Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, St. Andrew. © Bill McKenzie.
Little Birch, Herefordshire, St. Mary on Ruff Lane. Another view. Both © Janet Gimber (2017). Link. Grade II* listed.
Little Blencow, Cumbria,
Methodist Church (1877). This source says it was Wesleyan. NY 4537 3277. © Steve Bulman (2010). Grade II listed. A barn at Blencow Hall is listed as Grade II, and is described as a former private chapel. It can be distantly seen on a 2009 Streetview here, dead centre, with the central window. NY 4500 3262.
Little Bollington, Cheshire,
Holy Trinity, on Lymm Road. SJ 7255 8658. © Bruce Read. Another view, © Mike Berrell (2012). Link.
Little Bowden, Leicestershire, St. Nicholas. © George Weston.
Little Bradley, Suffolk, All Saints (K). Another view, three interior views - 1, 2, 3, two monuments - 1, 2, a window, and the font. All © Chris Stafford (2012). Link. Grade I listed.
Little Brickhill, Buckinghamshire, St. Mary Magdalene on Watling Street. Two extra views - 1, 2. SP 9104 3245. All © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade II* listed. There's also a former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Great Brickhill Lane. It can be seen in a Streetview from 2018, and it's date-stone for 1819 by zooming in. This source dates it to 1840, so is this a case where the dates-stone from an earlier chapel was built into its replacement?
Little Brington, Northamptonshire, St. John. All that remains is the spire, the body of the church having been demolished in 1947. © David Regan (2017). Link. Grade II listed.
Little Broughton, Cumbria. - see Broughton (Great and Little).
Little Budworth, Cheshire, St. Peter. SJ 5986 6537. © Les Needham. Another view, © Kit Heald. Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed. The Methodist Chapel, north of the village at SJ 5902 6693 was originally Wesleyan. © Bruce Read. Link.
Little Bytham, Lincolnshire, St. Metardus & St. Gildardus, which Julie advises is a unique dedication. TF 0129 1804. © Julie Walker. Another view, and an interior view, both © Alan Blacklock (2010). Simon Garbutt confirms that this is a unique British dedication, but says that in France, churches dedicated to St. Medard (or Médard, or Méard) are relatively common - though Gildard (or Godard) is uncommon. He further advises that St. Medard, who shares his saints day with St. Swithin, also shares his reputation for bringing 40 days of rain if it rains on his day. Link (wasn't working when I tried it). Grade I listed.
Little Carlton, Lincolnshire, the site of St. Edith (1837). It was still standing in 1986 when the Grade II listing was documented, but despite the listing, it was demolished in 1993. The Wikipedia entry says that the church stood on the site of an older one. The font is from the demolished church. A photo is available here, and more here (including interiors). TF 4035 8537. Both © David Regan (2016). The village once had a Free United Methodist Chapel, as shown on the 25" O.S. map of 1906. It was at TF 4047 8539, and the site where it stood (the bare patch of ground on the right of the road) can be seen on a 2009 Streetview here.
Little Casterton, Rutland,
All Saints. From an old engraving of 1875 in the Colin Waters Collection. Three modern views - 1, 2, 3, three interiors - 1, 2, 3, and the font, all © David Regan (2016). Link. Grade II* listed.
Little Cawthorpe, Lincolnshire, St. Helen, now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. © David Regan (2015). Another view, two of the interior - 1, 2, and the font, all
© David Regan (2022). Link. Grade II listed.
Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, St. George on White Lion Road. SU 9848 9779. © Chalmers Cursley. Link. St. Aidan (R.C.) stands a little further east on the same road. SU  9865 9764. © Chalmers Cursley. The church website has an interior view, and the history page dates it to 1964. The Methodist Church is on Chalfont Avenue. SP 9982 9766. It was seen by Streetview in 2019. Link.
Little Chart, Kent, St. Mary. Destroyed by a V1 in WWII. © Bill McKenzie. Three further views - 1, 2, 3 - all © Dave Godden. Link.
Little Clifton, St. Luke at Chapel Brow. It dates from 1901, and stands on the site of a medieval church. NY 0540 2911. © Malcolm Minshaw. Link. The 1900 25" O.S. map shows a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at NY 0546 2911. The My Wesleyan Methodists entry (includes photos) calls it Bridgefoot W.M. Chapel, and dates it to 1867, closing in 1966.
Little Comberton, Worcestershire, St. Peter. © Graeme Harvey. Link.
Little Cornard, Suffolk, All Saints. The tower and porch. The only remaining building of a village wiped out by plague. All © Roger Heap (2011). Link. Grade I listed - link.
Little Cowarne, Herefordshire, St. Guthlac. © Mark Turbott.
Little Cressingham, Norfolk, St. Andrew, still attached to the remains of its tower, which fell in the later 18th century. Two more views - 1, 2, three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, and the font. TF 8719 0004. All © Chris Stafford (2014). Link. Grade I listed.
Little Crosby, Merseyside, St. Mary (R.C.), on Back Lane. SD 320 016. © Don Tomkinson.
Little Dassett, Warwickshire, former chapel (now a private residence), supposedly originally belonging to the Knights Templar. Another view. Both © John Bowdler.
Little Dewchurch, Herefordshire, St. David. © James Murray. Link.
Little Dalby, Leicestershire, St. James. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson (2012). Grade II* listed - link.
Little Downham, Cambridgeshire, St. Leonard. TL 5263 8417. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Two modern views - 1, 2, three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, and the font, all © David Regan (2018). Link. Grade I listed. Two headstones in the churchyard are also listed here. The former Methodist Church, now a private residence, was originally Wesleyan. TL 5203 8386. © David Regan (2018). Adjacent to it is the preceding church, and the congregation now meet here again (at least for some services). A photo is available here. A former Baptist Chapel stands on Chapel Lane, at TL 5232 8387. It was seen by Streetview in 2011, and by zooming-in the date-stone for 1788 can be seen. Its former Sunday School of 1930 stands immediately to its north - seen here in 2011. The former Strict and Particular Baptist Chapel on Fourth Drove, about a mile and a half north of the town. Kevin advises that it opened in 1949 and closed in 2017. TL 5245 8662. © Kevin Price (2021).

Little Drayton, Shropshire, Christ Church (1846-7, O). The tower. SJ 663 336. Both © Martin Richter (2018). Link (and About). Grade II listed.
Little Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire,
St. Mary (C), alternatively St. Peter (see here). Two additional views - 1, 2. All © David Regan (2017). Grade II* listed.
Little Dunkeld, Perth & Kinross, Church of Scotland. It's dated here to 1798, and had several predecessors on the same site. The interior. NO 0285 4227. Both © Peter Morgan (2021 and 2022). Link.
Little Eaton, Derbyshire, St. Paul on Church Lane and Vicarage Road. Built pre-1791, it's grade II listed. SK 361 415. Link. U.R.C. on Alfreton Road, built as Congregational in 1843. SK 363 412. The former United Methodist Free Church on Alfreton Road and Derby Road. It dates from 1906 and is now in secular use. SK 364 417. All © Richard Roberts (2014).
Little Ellingham, Norfolk. © Jane Marriott.
Little Eversden, Cambridgeshire, St. Helen, on Church Lane
. Another view. TL 3748 5328. Both © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade II* listed.
Little Fransham, Norfolk, St. Mary, off Station Road is mostly of the 14th century. Another view. TF 902 122. Both © Richard Roberts (2018). Link. Grade I listed.
Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, St. Peter and St. Paul. Further views - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, an interior view, and a window. SP 997 138. All © Dave Westrap (2010). Link1. Link2.
Little Gidding, Cambridgeshire,
St. John the Evangelist. Another view, two of the interior - 1, 2, the chancel, and the font. According to the Wikipedia entry, the church is of 1714, replacing an earlier one with Templar associations. TL 1270 8163. All © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade I listed. A churchyard tomb is listed as grade II.
Little Gransden, Cambridgeshire,
St. Peter and St. Paul. TL 2708 5517. © Jim Rushton. Another view, the Lady Chapel and interior view, all © James Murray. Link. Grade II* listed. The churchyard war memorial, and a cross are listed separately here.
Little Grimsby, St. Edith. © David Regan (2015). Link. Grade II listed.
Little Hadham, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, St. Cecilia. © Bill McKenzie.
Little Hale, Lincolnshire, the Methodist Chapel on Chapel Lane, which was built as Primitive Methodist. The date on the date-stone in the gable-end is 1837. TF 1463 4160.
Both © David Regan (2021). Link1. Link2 has an interior view. Grade II listed.
Little Hallingbury, Essex, St. Mary. Another view. TL 5032 1747. Both © Karel Kuča (2019). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Little Hampden, Church (no dedication). SP 8604 0355 © Marion Hall. Link. Grade I listed.
Little Harrowden, Northamptonshire, St. Mary the Virgin. © David Regan (2016). Link. Grade II* listed.
Little Hay, Staffordshire,
Mission Church (according to here). Thanks to Mike Berrell for advising the identification. © Bruce Read. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Little Hay Lane, now converted to residential use. It pre-dates the OS map of 1884. When it went out of use is uncertain - it is shown on the 1914-1923 OS maps, but not labelled, and by the 1965 edition is marked as The Old Chapel, so presumably had been converted by then. SK 120 021. © Richard Roberts (2016).
Little Hereford, Herefordshire, St. Mary Magdalene. SO 5540 6800. ©
Tim Hollinghurst. Another view, © Paul Wood (2017), and another, © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II* listed.
Little Hinton, Wiltshire - see Hinton Parva.
Little Honeyborough, Pembrokeshire, Hephzibah Baptist Chapel (1840).SM 950 066. © Mike Berrell (2009).
Little Hormead, Hertfordshire, St. Mary, which is now cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust. Another view, and a blocked doorway. All © Karel Kuča (2019). Link. Grade I listed.
Little Horwood, Buckinghamshire, St. Nicholas. Another view, two of the interior - 1, 2, the chancel, the altar, wall paintings, and the font. SP 7905 3084. All © David Regan (2018 & 2019). Link. Grade II* listed. A former Baptist Chapel (Streetview 2021) stands in the angle of where Clays Lane runs into Winslow Road, at SP 7906 3063. It has a date-stone for 1867.
Little Houghton, Northamptonshire, St. Mary the Virgin. SP 803 596. © David Regan (2016). Link. Grade II* listed.
Little Hucklow, Derbyshire, probable former church, now in secular use. Mike advises that, although the building plaque only mentions "Sunday School 1854", maps show it as a church. SK 164 786. © Mike Berrell (2010). Janet Gimber advises that old maps show it as Primitive Methodist.
Little Hulton, Greater Manchester.
Little Kimble, Buckinghamshire, All Saints. SP 8265 0642. © Bill McKenzie.
 Link. Grade I listed. Free Church (Baptist Union) on Grove Lane. Earlier O.S. maps label it as Union Chapel (Baptist). It pre-dates a map of 1885. SP 8233 0706. © Les Needham. Link.
Little Langdale, Cumbria, Mission Church (1865). Two further views - 1, 2. The gable-end view shows the bell and date-stone. Note also the cross picked out in differently coloured slates. Older maps show that the date must refer to the building of a school, converted to a chapel at a later date. NY 3154 0344. All © Martin Richter (2011). Link1. Link2.
Little Leigh, Cheshire, St. Michael and All Angels. SJ 6154 7594. © Bruce Read. Link. Grade II listed. The lych-gate is also listed as grade II. Baptist Church, north of the village. It pre-dates a map of 1882 - the village Wikipedia entry dates it to 1829. SJ 6207 7697. © Bruce Read. Facebook.
Little Lever, Greater Manchester.
Little Longstone, Derbyshire, Congregational Chapel. Interior view (taken through a window). SK 187 716. Both © Mike Berrell (2010).
Little Marcle, Herefordshire,
St. Michael and All Angels. SO 6709 3648. © June Norris. Another view, © Paul Wood (2018), who advises that the church was built to replace a ruinous medieval church at the nearby Marcle Court, at about SO 6663 3617.
Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire, St. John the Baptis
t. The revolving lych-gate is fairly unusual. SU 8741 8783. Both © Chris Kippin (2021). Link. Grade II* listed.
Little Massingham, Norfolk,
St. Andrew (O) on Church Lane. C15, and restored in C19. TF 7925 2415. © Richard Roberts (2014). Interior view, © Chris Stafford (2014). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed.
Little Melton, Norfolk, St. Mary and All Saints. TG 1533 0691.
© Christopher Skottowe (1959). Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed. Older maps show a Mission Room east of the hamlet at TG 1614 0678. Genuki dates it to 1883. It hasn't survived - its site lies behind these properties, seen by Streetview in 2008.
Little Merthyr, Herefordshire, the former Calvinistic Methodist Chapel. SO 2685 4879. © Paul Wood (2002).
Little Milford, Pembrokeshire, St. Justinian. SM 962 120. © Mike Berrell. Link.
Little Milton, Oxfordshire, St. James. The church website dates it to 1844. SP 6179 0074. © Karel Kuča (2011). Grade II listed. A former Wesleyan Chapel can be seen in a Streetview from 2008. It pre-dates a map of 1898. SP 6192 0083.
Little Missenden,
St. John the Baptist. SU 9209 9899. © Chalmers Cursley. Link. Grade I listed.
Little Moor (or Littlemoor), Derbyshire, the former Methodist Church (originally Primitive Methodist) on Stubben Edge Lane. It pre-dates a map of 1878-80, and appears to have still been active at least up to 1978. SK 3628 6302.
© David Regan (2021).
Little Ness, Shropshire, St. Martin. SJ 407 198. © Dave Westrap.
Little Newcastle, Pembrokeshire, St. Peter. Three interior views - 1, 2, 3, the latter of an attractive modern window. SM 975 285. Derelict Chapel. SM 981 285. All © Mike Berrell (2010).
Little Newsham, County Durham, possible former church. This is probably the chapel belonging to Newsham Hall. © Alan Blacklock (2014).
Little Oakley, Northamptonshire, St. Peter. © Dennis Harper (2011). Grade II* listed - link.
Little Ouseburn, North Yorkshire,
Holy Trinity. © Bill Henderson. Interior view, © Mike Forbester. Link.
Little Paxton, Cambridgeshire,
St. James. TL 1889 6275. © Jim Rushton. Link. Grade II* listed. Kingfisher Church (Evangelical) meets in the primary school on Gordon Road, seen here by Streetview in 2016. TL 1891 6237. Link.
Little Petherick, Cornwall, St. Petroc Minor. SW 918 721. © Bill Henderson (2009). Link.
Little Ponton, Lincolnshire, Little Ponton, St. Guthlac. Another view. Richard Todd, the actor, is buried here. Both © David Regan (2018). Link. The grade I listing has some photos of the interior.
Little Ribston, North Yorkshire, St. Helen (1860). © David Regan (2016). Link.
Little Rissington, Gloucestershire, St. Peter. Font, with unusual arcade pillars behind. Both © John Salmon. Another view, and the RAF Memorial Window, both © Stuart Mackrell. Grade II* listed - link.
Little Rollright, Oxfordshire, has a charming little church, dedicated to St. Philip. © Steve Bulman. SP 294 302.
Little Ryburgh, Norfolk,
the (very) ruinous All Saints, on The Street. Another view. TF 9677 2765. Both © Richard Roberts (2015). Link. Grade II listed.
Little Saxham, Suffolk, St. Nicholas. Another view, a Norman doorway, the interior, carved bench ends, and the pulpit and tester. TL 7992 6371. All © Chris Kippin (2021). Another interior, the chancel, a monument, and the font, all © Chris Stafford (2013). Link. Grade I listed.
Little Shefford, Berkshire - see East Shefford.
Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire,
All Saints, on Church Street. TL 4534 5166. © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade II* listed. A churchyard cross is listed as grade II. A Congregational Chapel shows on older O.S. maps south of the church at TL 4523 5145. It was seen distantly by Streetview in 2019. This source says it was "probably rebuilt in 1881", and it was still active at least into the 1960's.
Little Snoring, Norfolk, St. Andrew (C11) on Great Snoring Road. Interior view. TF 952 325. Both © Richard Roberts (2015). Link. Grade I listed.
Little Sodbury, Gloucestershire, St. Adeline. © Phil Draper. Tyndale Baptist Chapel. Some services are also held at
Doddington Parish Hall. Both © Jim Parker. Link.
Little Somborne, Hampshire, All Saints, now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The interior. SU 3822 3266. Both © Chris Kippin (2018). Link. Grade II* listed.
Little Stanmore, Greater London, St. Lawrence Whitchurch. Previously in the "Unknown" section, and identified by Janet Gimber, the postcard (Bulman Collection) caption simply says "Whitchurch". Link1. Link2.
Little Staughton, Bedfordshire, All Saints. Older maps label it as St. Margaret. TL 1073 6300. © Jim Rushton. Link.
Grade I listed. A former Baptist Chapel used to stand south of the village at TL 1085 6197. Demolished following war damage, it's former Sunday School survives. The school, and the site of the chapel, which stood parallel with the school and closer to the headstones, can be seen in a Streetview from 2009. A photo of it is available here. A new church was built in the village on High Street, opening in 1957. Streetview saw it in 2014. TL 1056 6265. Link.
Little Steeping, Lincolnshire, St. Andrew. TF 4335 6256. © Dave Hitchborne. Three interior views - 1, 2, 3, the tomb of a rector, and two views of the fine font - 1, 2, all
© David Regan (2022). Link. Grade II* listed. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. This source provides dates of 1896-1971(?). A map of 1889 shows that it had a predecessor on the same site. TF 4326 6292. © David Regan (2020).
Little Stoke, Gloucestershire, Baptist Church. © Janet Gimber (2012). Link.
Little Stretton, Leicestershire, St. John the Baptist. © George Weston.
Little Stretton, Shropshire,
All Saints. SO 4435 9188. © Roy Graham. Another view, © Steve Bulman (2018). Link. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel (1867). This source advises of a closure date of 1940. © Chris Kippin (2020). The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel is now in use as the village hall. According to this website, its dates are 1867-8 with closure in the 1920's. SO 4435 9193. © Chris Kippin (2020).
Little Strickland, Cumbria, St. Mary (1814). A 2010 Streetview is available here. NY 5625 1975. © Malcolm Minshaw. An old drawing made by Thomas Bland in the 1850's is available here, reproduced by kind permission of Carlisle Library. It's from the searchable Cumbria Image Bank, which can be accessed here. Link. Grade II listing, which says that the pews in St. Mary were made from wood salvaged from the chapel at Thrimby, which was its predecessor. Assuming that the 1770 map available here is accurate, then the old chapel stood at cir
ca NY 5588 2043.  The entrance gate-piers of the present church are themselves listed separately, as grade II.
Little Stukeley, Cambridgeshire,
St. Martin. TL 2094 7568. © Robin Peel. Two additional views, both © Jim Rushton - 1, 2. Link. Grade II* listed. The churchyard war memorial is listed as grade II. Older O.S. maps show Union Chapel (2021 Streetview) on Ermine Street. I haven't been able to discover the denomination. TL 2089 7556. Alconbury Independent Baptist Church stands a little way south-east of the village, on Ermine Street, at TL 2105 7529. Set back from the road behind a house, Streetview just glimpses it.  Link. The history page dates it to 1988-9, and says that they had previously met in the village hall (2009 Streetview). TL 2074 7546.
Little Sutton, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire - see Ellesmere Port.
Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire,
St. George. Another view, three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, and the font. TL 5313 7630. All © David Regan (2018). Link. Grade II* listed. At the junction of Main Street and Chapel Close stands a former Baptist Chapel. Apparently still active when the Streetview van saw it in 2009, an un-dated estate agents guide dates the building to 1867.
Little Thurlow, Suffolk, St. Peter. Two more views - 1, 2, the interior, a fine monument, and the font. TL 6797 5119. All © Chris Stafford (2013). Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed. Older maps mark an Independent Chapel at the south end of the village at TL 6782 5057. It survives as Chapel House, seen by Streetview in 2021. Its grade II listing dates it to the early 19th century.
Little Totham, Essex, All Saints. Two more views - 1, 2, Norman doorway, the interior, a fine monument, and the font. TL 8840 1032. All © Karel Kuča (2007).
 Link. Grade I listed.
Little Wakering, Essex, All Saints. TQ 9388. © Julieanne Savage.
Little Walsingham, Norfolk.
Little Washbourne, Gloucestershire, St. Mary. Now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. SO 989 334. © Les Needham (2013). Link. Grade II* listed.
Little Weighton, East Riding of Yorkshire, former Methodist Church, now a private residence. © James Murray.
Little Wenham, Suffolk, All Saints (or St. Lawrence, in some sources). Another view. Both © Peter Wenham. Link.
Little Wenlock, Shropshire, St. Lawrence. © Gill Gaiser.
Little Whelnetham, Suffolk, St. Mary Magdalene. TL 889 601. © Steve Bulman (2005). Link.
Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire,
St. John the Evangelist. Another view, two interiors - 1, 2, the altar, the squint, and the font. TL 5456 5860. All © Steve Bulman (2014). Link. Grade II* listed. The cross in the churchyard is listed as grade II.
Little Witchingham, Norfolk, St. Faith, a Churches Conservation Trust church. Another view, three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, and the font. TG 1155 2023. All © Chris Stafford (2013). Link. Grade II* listed.
Little Witley, Worcestershire , St. Michael. Interior view, and the handsome font. SO 7826 6351. All © Chris Kippin (2018). Two more of the interior - 1, 2, and the pulpit, all © Karel Kuča (2011). Link. Grade II listed.
Little Wittenham, Oxfordshire, St. Peter. © Kit Heald. Another view. © Chris Emms (2010). Link.
Little Wratting, Suffolk, St. Mary. Another view, and the small bell-turret. All © Karel Kuča (2019). Link. Grade II* listed.
Little Yeldham, Essex, St. John the Baptist. Two interior views - 1, 2. TL 7792 3956. All
© Chris Stafford (2013). Link. Grade II listed.
Littlebeck, North Yorkshire, Methodist Church. © Bill Henderson.
Littleborough, Devon, Methodist Chapel. A Geograph entry mentions a date of 1907 above a door. Interior view. SS 8214 1055. Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Littleborough, Greater Manchester.
Littleborough, Nottinghamshire, St. Nicholas - a charming little Norman church, with some Saxon fragments. Now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Two interior views - 1, 2, and the font. All © David Regan (2011). Another view, © Richard Roberts (2015). Richard has also sent in a photo of an old (un-dated) postcard of this church. Grade I listed - link1. Link2.
Littlebourne, Kent, St. Vincent on Nargate Close. Note the unusually placed sundial (close-up). Two interior views - 1, 2, and the side-chapel. TR 210 578. All © Steve Bulman (2014). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. U.R.C. TR 209 574. © Geoff Watt.
Littlebredy, Dorset, St. Michael and All Angels. Another view, interior view, altar and font. All © Dennis Harper (2011). Link. Grade II* listed.
Littledale, Lancashire, the former Free Church. Built for the Dodson's of Littledale Hall, this church is now sadly used as a barn. SD 5653 6217. © Elaine Hindson. Link.
Littledean, Gloucestershire, St. Ethelbert. © June Norris.
Littleham (near Bideford), Devon, St. Swithin. SS 4435 2350. © Chris Kippin (2024). Link. Grade I listed. Two monuments in the churchyard share a grade II listing. The Methodist Chapel is dated 1883, and older maps label it as Wesleyan. SS 4375 2329. © Chris Kippin (2024).
Littleham
(near Exmouth), Devon, St. Margaret and St. Andrew. SY 0291 8130. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A modern view, © Graeme Harvey. Link. Grade II* listed. The lych-gate is also listed, as grade II.
Littlehampton, West Sussex, St. Mary. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection.
Littlehempston, Devon, St. John the Baptist. © Andrew Ross (2019). Link. Grade I listed.
Littleover, Derby, Derbyshire.
Littleport, Cambridgeshire,
St. George. TL 5660 8693. © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade II* listed. St. John (Methodist) on High Street. Older maps label it as Wesleyan. TL 5664 8676. © David Regan (2019). Link. Just visible in David's photo is the original Wesleyan Chapel of 1835, better seen here in a Streetview from 2016. An Independent Chapel is shown on old O.S. maps on Globe Lane, at TL 5674 8688. This source calls it Salem, and dates it to 1850. It's now The Vine Community Church (2014 Streetview). Link. According to the history page, it had previously been Littleport Evangelical Church too. A converted, and rather striking former Primitive Methodist Chapel can be seen on Victoria Street at TL 5701 8678. It was seen by Streetview in 2011. Link dates it to 1845, with closure in 1960. Nearby on City Road is a small former Baptist Chapel (2011 Streetview). TL 5700 8682. Further east along City Road is the former Salvation Army Church (2011 Streetview). Un-dated sale notice. TL 5710 8679. Redeemed Christian Church of God meets in the Granby Business Centre on Granby Street, and was seen by Streetview in 2016.
Littlestone, Kent, St. Augustine (R.C.). TR 083 243. © Dave Westrap.
Littlethorpe, North Yorkshire, St. Michael and All Angels. Another view. © David Regan (2011). Link.
Littleton, Co. Tipperary, Church of Ireland. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's collection.
Littleton Drew, Wiltshire, All Saints. There is a piece of a carved cross in the porch, which, according to its grade II* listing, is 9th century. ST 8314 8019. All © Janet Gimber (2023). Link. Some churchyard monuments and a cross have separate listings, which can  be seen here. The former Congregational Chapel, which its grade II listing says is "Said to have been built 1815". ST 8324 8010. © Janet Gimber (2023).
Littleton-on-Severn, Gloucestershire, St. Mary of Malmesbury. Evangelical Church. Both © Phil Draper.
Littletown, Co. Durham, the former Methodist Church on Cross Stree (1858-1979, see here), was originally Wesleyan, and served the local mining community. NZ 3392 4352. © Colin Coates. Four additional views - 1, 2, 3, 4, and the "date-stone", all
© Martin Richter (2019). A Streetview of 2009 shows that, at that time, it was undergoing extensive refurbishment. Another Streetview of 2016 shows the finished result.
Littlewick Green, Berkshire,
St. John the Evangelist. SU 8413 8023. © John and Judy Flynn.
 Link. A Methodist Church shows on O.S. maps, off Jubilee Road at SU 8402 8002. Wesleyan on older maps, it, or its replacement, was seen and blurred on a Streetview from 2016 (earlier Streetviews are also blurred). The National archives references documents pertaining to the church for the years 1864-1955. I haven't been able to find a photo.
Littleworth, Oxfordshire, Holy Ascension. Another view, and two interior views - 1, 2. SU 312 971. All © Steve Bulman (2011). Link. Grade II listed - link.
Litton, Derbyshire, Christ Church. Three interior views - 1, 2, 3. SK 162 753. All © Mike Berrell (2010). Methodist Church. © Bill McKenzie. Litton Cemetery Chapel. SK 163 744. © Mike Berrell (2010).
Litton, Somerset, St. Mary the Virgin. Another view. ST 5938 5470. Both © Chris Kippin (2021). Link. Grade I listed.
Litton Cheney, Dorset, St. Mary. Interior view, and the font. All © Dennis Harper (2011). Grade I listed - link.
Liverpool, Merseyside.
Liversedge, West Yorkshire.
Liverton, North Yorkshire, St. Michael. Another view. Both © David Regan (2017). Grade II* listed.
Liverton Mines, North Yorkshire, St. Hilda. © David Regan (2016). Link.
Livingston, West Lothian.
Lizard, Cornwall,
The Lizard Chapel (Methodist, originally Wesleyan). SW 706 125. © Paul E. Barnett (2014). Another view, © Chris Kippin (2018). Link.

 

 
 

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