League of Nations

Most of Lancaster LNU’s AGMs were held at Lancaster Town Hall © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: Membership Numbers

Counting membership of the local League of Nations Union...

Trades Hall, Fenton Street, Lancaster, premises of the LTLC from 1908 © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: Corporate Membership – Lancaster Trades and Labour Council

Lancaster Trades and Labour Council comes on board by 1932...

Sulyard Street Wesleyan Methodist Church, Lancaster The largest of the Methodist churches to become a Lancaster LNU corporate member by 1928 © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: Corporate Membership – Methodist Churches

Lancaster Methodists supporting the League of Nations...

St. Anne’s Church of England Church, Lancaster (now Dukes Playhouse) The only C. of E. parochial church council to become a corporate member of Lancaster LNU by2 © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: Corporate Membership – St. Anne’s Parochial Council (C. of E.)

A Church of England Parochial Church Council supporting the League of Nations...

High Street Congregational Church (now URC), Lancaster George Wright’s Christian faith would have been an important factor in his belief in the League of Nations © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: Corporate Membership – The Congregational Churches and the Free Church Council

Lancaster Congregational churches, the Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Brotherhood and the Free Church Council all supporting the League of Nations...

St. Joseph’s R. C. Church, Skerton Father Murphy of St. Joseph’s was a League of Nations supporter – but were his flock? © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: Membership – Catholics

Lancaster Catholic clergy supporting the League of Nations...

Baptist Church, Nelson Street, Lancaster Home of Lancaster Baptists from 1897 © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: Corporate Membership – Baptist Church

Lancaster Baptists supporting the League of Nations...

Cromwell Hall, Rosemary Lane, Lancaster The PSA Brotherhood, who originally met here, were the first group to become ‘corporate’ members of Lancaster LNU © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: Corporate Membership

Nonconformists dominate the Lancaster ‘corporate members’...

Former Centenary Congregational Church, Lancaster, where Rev. E. J. Lawson was Minister © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: Rev. E. J. Lawson MA 1889-1975

Congregational minister active in the Lancaster LNU...

Rev. Thomas Murphy Lancaster Guardian, 27 Dec 1924

Lancaster LNU: Rev. Thomas Murphy c.1857-1924

Catholic priest supporting the League of Nations Union...