It is an active Anglican church built in 1968, and it is part of the Leigh deanery in the archdeaconry of Salford diocese of Manchester.

It was the first chapel of ease of the mother church of Leigh, and dedicated to St Stephen, the first Christian martyr.

[2] The original chapel, constructed from local brick on part of the common, served the community for nearly 130 years until it was rebuilt after becoming dilapidated.

It could hold 170 people and had a nave with four side and two end windows, and a small chancel and had an embattled western tower containing a single bell.

died 1885 1885 James Alexander Maxwell Johnstone, M.A 1970s Jack Finney 1980s John Findon 2010 Jonathan Carmyllie (Team rector of the united benefice of Astley, Tyldesley and Mosley Common)[5] Notes Bibliography