Billington's Blog

Now that the Cathedral's 150th anniversary year is over, it is time also for this blog to come to its end. 225 entries over the last t...

Dean Richard Melchaides Brown, the priest who built St Peter's church, died on this day in 1868 at the age of 62. His memorial in the C...

Some of the photographs of the Cathedral's exterior also catch a glimpse of the changing face of the city. These two pictures, for exam...

Following on from our post on the altar servers of 1910, here are some more servants of the parish, though rather more recent. The Sisters ...

Today is the feast of St Stephen, the patron saint of altar servers. The image shows some of the altar servers of St Peter's Church aro...

Happy Christmas! This image shows a nativity play taking place in the Cathedral sanctuary. Our best information is that the picture dates f...

The choir stalls were first used on this day in 1899. As can be seen in this image, they originally consisted of two benches on each side; ...

Lancaster's third Bishop, Brian Charles Foley, died ten years ago today. He had retired fourteen years earlier, but had spent those las...

The original eight bells at St Peter's were consecrated on this day in 1879, less than a month after the death of their donor, Mr John...

Slightly out of season, some might say, the original Stations of the Cross were first used 148 years ago today. Canon Billington: "The...

This chalice, still regularly used at Mass, is one of many which have been donated to the parish over the years. It is inscibed on the base...

Canon Billington, second rector of St Peter's and the parish historian who inspired this blog, was appointed rector at Lancaster on thi...