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The church remains primarily as rebuilt in 1666 with alterations and restoration in the late-19th century. This event led to the eventual founding of Rivington Unitarian Chapel. The Reverend Samuel Newton was ejected from the church on 'Bartholemew Sunday' in 1662 and most probably the staunchly Puritan congregation followed him and many became Presbyterian. Before this time the inhabitants had to travel to the surrounding parishes.

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Queen Elizabeth I, at the petition of Bishop Pilkington in 1566, granted letters patent for a free grammar school and licence to provide a curate or minister and allow baptisms, marriages and burials at the church for the inhabitants of Rivington, Anglezarke, Hemshaws and Foulds. At the consecration, the village residents stated on oath they had worshipped at the site for generations. Richard Pilkington, whose son became the Bishop of Durham, appealed to Doctor Bird, the Bishop of Chester, to dedicate the chapel and chapelyard. Īt the enclosure of the manorial waste in 1536, the priest was given 30 acres (12 ha).

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The arched windows on the south side are cut from solid stone, a Saxon feature. That, and the Saxon font, may be proof of pre-Conquest foundation. The church has a circular graveyard which is typical of churches of early foundation. A Saxon font, found in the locality, is housed in the church's Millennium Room. The Church land was located close to the Horwich border, named in a grant between Cecily Worsley and Adam Dorant.

History Ī deed of 1280 mentions three acres of 'terra ecclesiastical' in Rivington. It has been variously called St Lawrence, St George, Holy Trinity, and St Catherine but its correct title is Rivington Church. The church has no patron saint and is not named after a saint or martyr. The church has been designated a Grade II listed building.

It is in the Deane deanery, the Bolton archdeanery and Diocese of Manchester. Rivington Church is an active Anglican parish church in Rivington, Lancashire, England.

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