The Churches of Britain and Ireland

 

Blackburn, Lancashire

Blackburn on Wikipedia.
 

Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin. 103 SD 684 280. Link. © Paul Brown.

Holy Trinity. The tower. SD 687 283. Both © Philip Kapp.

Lammack Methodist Church. 103 SD 674 299. © Philip Kapp.

Methodist Church. 103 SD 679 280. © Philip Kapp.

A former Methodist Church, now a snooker hall. © Philip Kapp.

St. Anne (R.C.). 103 SD 678 277. © Philip Kapp.

The former St. Bartholomew (now disused) at Ewood. © Peter Morgan. This church has been replaced by another of the same name. 103 SD 678 258. © Philip Kapp.

St. James. 103 SD 681 293. © Philip Kapp.

The former St. John, now St. John's Centre, used for housing a variety of organisations (Citizens Advice Bureau, etc.). 103 SD 683 284. © Philip Kapp.

St. John Vianney (R.C.). 103 SD 664 256. © Philip Kapp.

St. Silas. 103 SD 667 285. © Paul Brown.

St. Stephen at Little Harwood. 103 SD 695 292. © Philip Kapp.

Salvation Army Citadel. © Rob Brettle.

Withnell Fold Methodist Church. 102 SD 615 231. © Philip Kapp.

A solitary spire - can you name the church to which it belonged? 103 SD 689 277. © Philip Kapp.
Kevin Gibson has kindly been in touch to inform me that the spire stands on St. Peter Street, so is very likely to be St. Peter. My appreciation to Pauline Hodkinson for confirming that this is indeed St. Peter, which was built in 1821 and demolished in 1976. She further advises that the local council wants to demolish the spire and build a road over the site, which still has an adjacent graveyard. There is a lot of local opposition.
However, Rob Wild has also advised that the spire is Chapel Street Congregational Church, on the corner of Freckleton Street and Chapel Street, and that St. Peter stood to the left of where the photo was taken from. He further advises that the graveyard of St. Peter (not visible) is the one under threat, not the one in the photo.
Rob's comments are confirmed by the Genuki entry, which describes the church as Chapel Street Independent Church (1777, closed "before 1975"), which later became Congregational.

 

 
 

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28 August 2010

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