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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 8945 5099. © Bill Henderson.
The font, © Christopher Skottowe (1973).
Link.
Grade I listed. See
here
for related listed features. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel is dated
1816, and is now in residential use.
Another view. SW 8922 5092. Both © Paul
E. Barnett (2017). O.S. maps mark, at about half way between Ladock and New
Mills, Chapel (Site of). In this 2023
Streetview, the chapel's site was some distance from the road at the centre of
the view. I think BHO mentions
it
here, where it quotes from Lysons (1814) - "There is the site of a decayed
chapel at VentonLassick", O.S. maps calling it Fentonladock. SW 8980
5171.
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.
Laity Moor,
Cornwall- see Lidgey on the Cornwall page.
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, Co. 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 or Moran. SW 8786
4177. © Paul E. Barnett (2016). Another view,
© Jo Lewis, who advises that the church is
currently (2017) closed because of bats. This
source
advises that the church was closed in 2014. Bat remediation works ensued, and
the church was re-opened in 2023.
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,
a little way N.E. of the village.
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. The former Landcross Methodist Chapel
stands less than half a mile to the N.N.W., across the river. It's dated 1854
(as Wesleyan), and was seen by
Streetview in 2018. SS
4608 2435.
Grade II listed.
Landewednack, Cornwall,
St. Lanty or St. Winwallow.
SW 7114 1267. 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 previously dated 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. Older maps call
it St. Peter. SX 3740 6051. ©
James Murray. Another view, © Paul
E. Barnett (2015). And an old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection.
Link
(includes interior view).
Grade I listed. For listed monuments, etc., see
here. Former
Methodist
Chapel (and adjoining school) on Church Street, now both private residences.
Both are dated 1895, and were built as Wesleyan. SX 3740 6042. © James Murray. The new
Methodist Church was built behind
the old chapel in 2006.
Interior view. SX 3737 6042. Both © James Murray.
Link. The
village also has a former Primitive Methodist Chapel
on Pound Hill. This
source says that it became known as
Landrake North Methodist Church after union in 1932 (the Wesleyan having become
Landrake South Methodist Church at the same time). It was closed in 1963.
It was seen by
Streetview in 2021.
SX
3725 6072.
Landreyne, Cornwall, the
site (somewhere within the field) of what O.S. maps mark as
Chapel (Site of), as seen by Streetview in 2009. It's mentioned
here. SX 2864 7596.
Landscove (near Ashburton),
Devon, St. Matthew
(1849-51). SX 7745 6639. ©
Andrew Ross (2019).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade II* listed. The lych-gate is also listed, as
grade II. Wolston Chapel
(presumably now in residential use), was previously Wolston Green Methodist
Church, originally Wesleyan. The National Archives
reference documents pertaining to the church for 1855-2009. SX 7790 6603. ©
Andrew Ross (2019).
Landulph, Cornwall,
St. Leonard and St. Dilpe. SX 4311 6152. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection.
A 2023 Streetview provides a
modern view.
Link.
Grade I listed. Also listed, both at grade II, are a
sundial and a
monument.
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, St. Sidwell and St. Gulval, as seen by Streetview in 2021. Some sources have it as St. Sidwell and St. Gulvat, or just St. Sidwell.
More photos (exterior and
interior) are available
here. SX 2280
8400. Link.
Grade I listed.
A number of churchyard monuments, and the lych-gate, are
listed separately, and they can be found
here.
Older O.S. maps show some way to the N.W. a Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel. It seems to survive, incorporated into a house - the
wing parallel with the road - and it was seen by
Streetview in 2010. Its
probably the chapel dated
here
to 1861, and it survived in active use into the second half of the last century,
by which time it was presumably just Methodist. SX 2251 8441.
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.
Both ©
Chris Kippin (2021).
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 (1911, now CoE and Methodist) on Station Road. SK 4483 4695. © Bill Henderson.
Interior view, © Richard Roberts (2014).
Link.
Grade II listed. Langley Mill Baptist
Church on Station Road pre-dates a map of 1881.
Another view. SK 4474 4702. Both © Gervase N.
E. Charmley (2011). Link. 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 4512 1557. © Martin Richter (2011).
Link.
Grade II* listed - says that the dedication is unknown.
For related listed features see
here. Langtree Methodist Church
on Fore Street is dated 1904, as Zion Bible Christian Chapel.
A 2024 Streetview provides
another view. SS 4503 1567. © Martin Richter (2011). It had an identically
named predecessor a little way further west at SS 4497 1567. It's date-stone
says "Rebuilt 1871". 2024
Streetview. Oddly, both Methodist chapels are shown as active on a map of
1960.
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. Perhaps the date-stone was re-used from an
earlier chapel. Confusingly, its
Geograph entry, quoting
from another source which is no longer available, dates it to 1911, replacing a
predecessor of 1848. SX 3235 7491. Both © Paul E. Barnett (2022).
Lanhydrock, Cornwall,
St. Hydroc, in the
grounds of Lanhydrock House, a National Trust property. SX 0851 6363. © 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. For related listed features, see
here.
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
9768 5286. 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.
Its
grade I listing includes interior photos. Numerous churchyard monuments etc.
are also listed - see
here.
A little way to the N.W. at Pennant is a former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel, at SX 0749 5932. It pre-dates a map of 1888. It appears
to be in residential use, and was seen by
Streetview in 20021.
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. Marnarch and St. Dunstan.
SX 1812 5691.
Link1. Link2.
Grade I listed. The Methodist Church,
built as Wesleyan in 1885 on Meadow Road. SX 1792 5678. Both © Paul E. Barnett (2017).
Lansallos, COrnwall, St. Ildierna,
as seen by Streetview in 2023.
SX 1724 5159.
Link.
Grade I listed. Numerous headstones and a tomb are also listed
here.
About ½ a mile to the N.E. is the converted former Free
United Methodist Chapel at SX 1779 5221. Seen by
Streetview in 2023, it
pre-dates a map of 1882 and seems to have gone out of use in the mid-20th
century. The chapel itself isn't listed, but the adjacent burial ground has a
grade II listed monument. In the listing the chapel is referred to as Chy
Chapel.
Lansdown, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - see
Cheltenham.
Lanteglos,
Cornwall,
St. Julitta. SX 0881
8234.
© Bill Henderson (2017).
Link.
Grade I listed. For related listings, see
here.
Lanteglos-by-Fowey, Cornwall,
St. Wyllow.
Another view. SX 1447 5153. Previously in the "Unknown"
section, these photos were rescued from destruction by Ian Lewis, and identified
by Janet Gimber. Another solved Unknown is this
interior from John Bowdler's Collection - identified by "Stiffleaf", who has many
more photos of the church on Flickr. Link.
Grade I listed. A churchyard cross is also listed, as
grade II.
Lanteglos Highway,
Cornwall,
Methodist Chapel, built as Wesleyan in 1884. SX 1482 5372. © Paul E. Barnett (2015).
It has evidently been converted to residential use at some point, and now bears
a house sign for "The Old Chapel".
2023 Streetview.
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 4110 7310. © Paul E. Barnett (2018).
Methodist Chapel, originally Wesleyan. SX 4081
7361. © Paul E. Barnett (2018).
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1824. It survived in active use at
least into the mid-20th century.
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. SK 5170 8821. © Bill Henderson.
Link.
Grade I listed. The village also has a former
Methodist Chapel (originally Wesleyan) on Firbeck Lane. Pre-dating a map
of 1854, it was still active into the second half of the last century, and was
seen by Streetview in
2023. SK 5220 8804.
Launcells, Cornwall,
St. Swithin. It's labelled on
older maps as St. Andrew. Interior view.
SS 2439 0572. 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. For related listed features, see
here.
The Methodist Church stands some
distance to the east at Launcells Cross, at SS 2642 0642. It has a date-stone for 1907, as Wesleyan.
According to the
church website, the church has been closed. ©
Chris Kippin (2024).
Launceston, Cornwall.
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 3554 8236. ©
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 Green,
Derbyshire, the remains of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Church Street. SK
3223 5718. Pre-dating a map of 1884, it's dated
here to 1839,
demolished in 1970, having lain unused "for many years".
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 6980 4927. © Martin
Richter (2011).
Link
has an interior photo. 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. © 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 to "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. 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 5482 3773. Both © Paul E.
Barnett (2014). Link.
Grade I listed.
There are also four listed stone crosses - their listings can be seen
here. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
is dated here to 1834, closing in
1988. It also says that they had an earlier chapel which stood where the former
Primitive Methodist Chapel is.
SW 5426 3677. © Paul E. Barnett (2014). The former
Primitive Methodist Chapel
on Fore Street, as seen by Streetview in 2023. Now the village hall, it dates
from 1859 (source), replacing an
earlier chapel, bought in 1834 from the Wesleyans. Its closure is dated to 1909
here. Bowl Rock Chapel House was originally Lelant Downs Wesleyan Chapel.
SW 5224 3668. The rock
after which it is named was, according to local legend, played with by giants. Both © Paul E. Barnett (2014).
A speculative 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 5424 3686. © 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, St. Michael and All Angels.
The interior and
font. SX 1308 9030.
All ©
Chris Kippin (2024).
Link.
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 7095 7320. Both
© Andrew Ross (2019). Link.
Grade II listed - dates it to 1863 as a chapel of ease to Widecombe. At
about half a mile to the S.W. is
Poundsgate Methodist Church
(2024 Streetview), labelled as Wesleyan on older maps - it pre-dates one of
1886. SX 7030 7272.
Link.
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. © Paul E. Barnett (2018).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade II* listed. The former Ebenezer
Bible Christian Chapel, which pre-dates a map of 1884. An old photo of it
can be seen
here. SX 2735 8040. © 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. Previously in the "Unknown" section,
Carol believed the photo to be of a St. Peter in S.W. England, with an eagle
lectern, a carved wooden pulpit, and paintings of Saints. Thanks to Phil
Draper for the ID. SX 4571 8612.
© Carol
Sage (2002).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed. For related listed features see
here.
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. A churchyard chest-tomb is also listed, as
grade II. Old maps show, at about ½ a mile to the north, St. Lawrence's
Chapel, St. Lawrence's Chapel (Remains of), and St. Lawrence's Well. The
grade II listing for St. Lawrence's says
"Shown on OS map as St Lawrence's Chapel. Farmhouse, possibly incorporating
remains of domestic chapel".
Not well seen by Streetview, a photo of it can be seen
here (scroll down).
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 remaining low walls 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. SX 4642 8283. 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. As one might
suspect from its appearance, it was originally a Methodist Chapel (built as
Wesleyan) - marked as such on a map of 1908. SW 7564 3642.
© Paul E. Barnett (2015). Link,
which gives its address as Laity Moor. The
About Us page
dates the chapel to 1886, and bought in 1996, describing it as "dilapidated
ex-Methodist".
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. SX 3864 8510.
Liftondown, Devon, the Methodist
Church. It pre-dates a map of 1883, as Wesleyan. SX 3664 8512.
© Paul E. Barnett (2017).
Link.
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 3196 7357.
Both © Paul E. Barnett (2018).
Link.
Grade I listed. For related listed features, see
here.
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 2755 1724.
Both © Richard Roberts (2014).
Link.
Trinity Methodist Church at Linton Heath. It was built as Primitive
Methodist in 1909. Note the Art Nouveau
date-stone. SK 2852 1655. Both © Richard Roberts (2014). There was an
earlier P.M. Chapel a little further east at SK
2861 1661. Presumably the predecessor of the other P.M. chapel in this entry, it
was demolished no later than 1949. Its
site (on the right,
about opposite where the black car is parked) was seen by Streetview in 2022.
Older O.S. maps also show a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
on Main Street. It's dated
here to 1873,
though earlier chapels are mentioned too. It was still showing as in active use
on a map of 1960 but has since been demolished. Its site was seen by
Streetview in 2023.SK
2800 1651.
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.
This is presumably Corpus Christi on Main Street.
Exterior view (2022
Streetview).
Link.
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 Comfort, Cornwall, the former
Methodist Chapel, originally Wesleyan. Pre-dating a map of 1883, a video tour of
the derelict interior from 2019 can be seen
here - it dates the
chapel to 1850.
SX 3460 8067. © Chris Kippin (2024).
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 (as also is its
lych-gate). SK 3612 4150. © Richard Roberts (2014).
Link.
U.R.C. on Alfreton Road, built as Congregational in 1843. It suffered
serious damage when hit by a tanker in 1972. Its appearance following repairs is
significantly different - old photos and the story can be seen
here. SK 3630 4123. ©
Richard Roberts (2014). The
former United Methodist Free Church
on Alfreton Road and Derby Road. It dates from 1906 and is now in secular use.
SK 3643 4173. © 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 Glemham, Suffolk, St. Andrew.
Two views of the interior - 1,
2, the
transept with monuments to the
North family, and the font. All
© Steve Bulman (2024).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed. On a tour of the nearby Glemham Hall, we were told that the
ground floor room seen here was
at one time a chapel - there were no surviving features to be seen. TM 3462
5915. © Steve Bulman (2024).
Link.
Grade I listed.
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", O.S. maps show it as a church. SK 1637 7861. © Mike
Berrell (2010). Janet Gimber advises that it was Primitive
Methodist. It's dated
here to 1826, where it says that the original chapel is attached to the rear
- if you look carefully you can see the join -
2011 Streetview. It was
still shown as in active use on a map of 1960.
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 London, Leeds, West Yorkshire - see
the Leeds page.
Little Longstone, Derbyshire,
Congregational Chapel. Interior view (taken
through a window). SK 1875 7163. Both © Mike Berrell (2010).
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to circa 1870, though this
source says circa
1844.
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 Baptist.
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),
near Clay Cross, 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 9183 7215. © Bill Henderson (2009).
Link.
Grade I listed. For related listed features, see
here.
There's a former Methodist Chapel at Tregonna,
labelled as Wesleyan on a map of 1889. It was seen by
Streetview in 2023. It's
dated
here to circa 1861 - circa 1972. SW 9157 7221.
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 circa
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, Littleborough
Chapel, dated 1907. It's currently a gospel hall. It was previously listed
here as Methodist.
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.
Littlemoor,
Chesterfield, Derbyshire - see the
Chesterfield page.
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, a
20th century build. Three interior views - 1,
2,
3. SK 1622 7529. All © Mike Berrell
(2010). Link. The
Methodist Church on Main Street was
originally Wesleyan, pre-dating a map of 1883. A photo of the interior can be
seen
here. SK 1652 7512. © Bill
McKenzie. Link. Litton Cemetery Chapel
in the cemetery to the south of the village. SK
1634 7431. © 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). It's dated
here (where there
are interior photos) to 1864, replacing an earlier chapel on Cross Common. SW
7066 1252. © Paul E. Barnett (2014). Another
view,
© Chris Kippin (2018).
Grade II listed. This
source has a photo of the converted earlier chapel. I've managed to find it
- it was seen by Streetview
in 2022. SW 7079 1283. The village also has a former
United Methodist Chapel,
(2009 Streetview). Pre-dating a map of 1879, according to this
source it was closed in 1935 when the congregation joined with the
Wesleyans. SW 7032 1265. The 25" O.S. map of 1907 shows
R.C. Church on an apparently un-named road linking Penmenner Road
and Lizard Head Lane. Although it's not clear which building is meant, aerial
views show that it has probably been demolished, and the building seen
here in the background
of a Streetview from 2009 stands on or close to its site. It may have
been the Our Lady of the Lizard mentioned
here as a private
chapel. SW 7022 1236.
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