[2] In 1839 the Weaver Navigation Trustees received a petition from its employees to allow them "the privilege of resting on the Sabbath day" and to "have an opportunity of attending Divine Service".

On 4 August 1840 a Weaver Navigation Act was passed to authorise the Trustees to use part of their funds to build one or more churches for their employees.

[3][4] The foundation stone of Christ Church was laid by Sir Richard Brooke of Norton Priory, and the church was consecrated on 21 December 1841 by Rt Rev John Bird Sumner, Bishop of Chester.

As of 2011 the land on which the church stands is owned by the Stobart Group of companies[3] and operated by FLX Logistics.

The plan of the church is cruciform, consisting of a four-bay nave, a single-bay chancel, north and south single-bay transepts, a small southwest porch, and a tower with a broach spire at the west end.

The spire is octagonal, contains three tiers of gabled lucarnes, and is surmounted by a finial and a cross.

[3] The church used to stand in a rectangular plot of land, surrounded by spiked wrought iron railings.