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Despite its sudden expansion in the 1950s with the arrival of the car industry, Leyland remains a pleasant Lancashire town of Victorian terraced cottages and suburban greenery.

The church is a good example of the work of George Edmund Street, the famous 19th century architect.

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An attractive late Victorian, sandstone church with a beautiful early 18th century churchyard.

The Society of Friends emerged in the 1650s, a time of great religious turmoil.

The present church is largely Victorian and is located at the highest point in the town.

The earliest reference to a church in Cawthorne can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, the current church is the third to stand on this site.

Denby was a Danish settlement dating back to the 9th century and mentioned in the Domesday Book.

Neo gothic style, constructed in 1885 from Elland flagstones and Horsforth sandstone.

The church building occupies a dominant site in the village.

Although there is some evidence of a chapel having existed at the end of the 12th century, the earliest definite reference is of a licence is dated 1425.

St Laurence’s is probably the oldest building in Chorley and like most ancient parish churches in England has played a central role in the history of its local community.