[2] Construction of the church began in 1837, the architect being Edmund Sharpe of Lancaster.

[4] The church was founded by Dixon Robinson, steward of the Honour of Clitheroe[3] who, together with his older brother William, partly paid for it.

Under the stone a bottle was placed containing coins, medals, and a copy of the Blackburn Standard.

[6] An article in the Blackburn Standard suggested that Christ Church was the first to be commenced during the reign of Queen Victoria.

The nave was widened by the addition of north and south aisles, and the chancel by the addition of a north transept, acting as an organ chamber, and a south transept, used as a choir vestry.