Liverpool Churches. (no cathedral pics please)
This thread is for parochial places of worship in the Liverpool area,including Wirral. Churches,Synagogues,Mosques, Temples etc,but excluding the cathedrals. The City of Liverpool has only a single church within its boundaries that can be classified as as Medieval, All Saints, Childwall. The origins of this church and of St Mary, Walton,are pre-conquest ,both churches are mentioned in the Domesday Book but nothing from the Saxon period remains other than a fragment cross shaft. Despite this the city still has elven Grade 1 listed places of worship,all from the Victorian period.
Liverpool didn't attain parochial status until 1699. In my opinion,having looked at the evidence,this has more to do with the vested interests of successives Rectors at the Mother Church, St Mary, Walton, than evidence,that is usually put forward 'the lowly status' of the town. St Peter's Church, the first parish church opened in 1704, in Church St. It was quickly followed by: St George's, Derby Square,1730, St Thomas, Park Lane,1750, St Paul, St Paul's Square,1763 and St John, were St John's Gardens are today,1775. All have been lost, in fact in the only 18thc church remaining in the city centre is, St Peter RC, Seel St. Losses from the 19th century imclude, St Katherine Abercromby Square, and St Michael, Upper Pitt St, both particularly sad.(Correction. There are 10 grade 1 places of worship(can't believe the RC is only Grade 11*,bit iffy that) All Hallows,St George, StMichael, St Agnes, St Clare,St John the Baptist,Princes rd Synagogue and the Unitarian church,all 19thc rather than Victorian. The other two are the Cathedral and All Saints Childwall.
This thread is for parochial places of worship in the Liverpool area,including Wirral. Churches,Synagogues,Mosques, Temples etc,but excluding the cathedrals. The City of Liverpool has only a single church within its boundaries that can be classified as as Medieval, All Saints, Childwall. The origins of this church and of St Mary, Walton,are pre-conquest ,both churches are mentioned in the Domesday Book but nothing from the Saxon period remains other than a fragment cross shaft. Despite this the city still has elven Grade 1 listed places of worship,all from the Victorian period.
Liverpool didn't attain parochial status until 1699. In my opinion,having looked at the evidence,this has more to do with the vested interests of successives Rectors at the Mother Church, St Mary, Walton, than evidence,that is usually put forward 'the lowly status' of the town. St Peter's Church, the first parish church opened in 1704, in Church St. It was quickly followed by: St George's, Derby Square,1730, St Thomas, Park Lane,1750, St Paul, St Paul's Square,1763 and St John, were St John's Gardens are today,1775. All have been lost, in fact in the only 18thc church remaining in the city centre is, St Peter RC, Seel St. Losses from the 19th century imclude, St Katherine Abercromby Square, and St Michael, Upper Pitt St, both particularly sad.(Correction. There are 10 grade 1 places of worship(can't believe the RC is only Grade 11*,bit iffy that) All Hallows,St George, StMichael, St Agnes, St Clare,St John the Baptist,Princes rd Synagogue and the Unitarian church,all 19thc rather than Victorian. The other two are the Cathedral and All Saints Childwall.