Lancashire is a county of contrasts, with heavily industrialised and
urbanised areas, remote mountain and moorland and an extensive
coastline. These contrasts are reflected in its churches, from buildings
that have stood from the Middle Ages in historic towns and villages
including the county town of Lancaster, Nonconformist chapels and
Georgian structures, to the churches built during the industrial and
Victorian age where the wealth and population of Lancashire grew
massively and people flocked to popular new leisure destinations such as
Blackpool, into the modern era of the last century. In Churches of
Lancashire, author David Paul explores a cross-section of historical
churches throughout the county, both the well known and those waiting to
be discovered by a wider audience. This fascinating picture of an
important part of the history of Lancashire over the centuries will be
of interest to all those who live in or are visiting this attractive
county in England.