Links.

Local Interest.

• Walney: the name: a short quotation from the booklet 'Walney: A Wall in the Sea' (1984). 
• Walney School: the official website 
• Barrow Past & Present : pictures and brief historical notes 
• Walney-Island.com: description, pictures and historical information, showing recent photos of many of the individual streets
• Walneyisle.co: still more pictures and information!
• Barrow churches GENUKI: just one small part of a national site for family historians - but this link provides a gateway for historical notes on many local places of worship, both past and present.

Some Further Church Websites in Barrow and Cumbria

• St Mark's, Barrow (Church of England)
• St Paul's, Barrow (Church of England): new site 
• St James's, Barrow (Church of England)
• St Columba's, Walney (Roman Catholic) 
• Ramsden Street United Reformed Church, Barrow
• St Mary's, Dalton-in-Furness (Church of England) 
• St. Paul's, Grange-over-Sands (Church of England)
• Cartmel Priory church & war memorials
• Leven Valley parishes: Haverthwaite, Finsthwaite & Staveley-in-Cartmel (Church of England)
• Dalton-in-Furness Methodist Church
• Kirkby-in-Furness Methodist Church 
• Kirkby-in-Furness churches: St Cuthbert's; Grizebeck; Church of Christ; Methodist; Gospel Hall 
• Tottlebank Baptist Church, near Colton
• St. Mary's, Harrington (Church of England)   

The Church of England.

• The Official Church of England site
• The Diocese of Carlisle 
• The Mothers' Union site
• The Anglican Communion News Service
• Anglicans Online
• Thinking Anglicans
• Anglican Mainstream: Articles, news and comment: 'Anglo-Catholic Evangelical Orthodox and Mainstream'  
• Fulcrum Anglican: 'Renewing the Evangelical Centre' 
• InclusiveChurch.net: 'to celebrate the diverse gifts of all members of the body of Christ' 

Roman Catholic.

• Official Roman Catholic (England & Wales) site:  Catholic Bishops' Conference
• The Diocese of Lancaster  

Methodist.

• Official Methodist Church site  (United Kingdom)
• Cumbria District Methodist website
• South West Cumbria Methodist Circuit

Baptist.

• Official Baptist Union Site 

Ecumenical.

• Church Net UK 
• Churches Together in Cumbria
• Cyber Hymnal: words, sound and historical background for over 5,000 hymns and songs from many countries 
• Oremus: Christian resources, including Anglican daily liturgy and a further selection of hymns

Some Other Ecumenical Projects Around the UK

• Hinckley Churches (in Leicestershire)  
• Church.Net links page

Humour.

• Ship of Fools: entertaining 'magazine of Christian unrest'
• Diocese of Wenchoster: remarkably ingenious satire of diocesan administration, with many imaginative historical details

Nationwide indexes to local parish or church websites.

• Church of England parishes 
• Methodist churches
• Roman Catholic parishes

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