Rivington was a chapelry in the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Bolton le Moors until it became a parish in its own right.
Rivington Church is an active Anglican place of worship holding service each Sunday.

The Church is built on the site of an earlier chapel that was named in a deed by Margaret Pilkington and her son Robert in 1476.
The chapelry covered Rivington and the surrounding areas of Anglezarke, Hemshaws and Foulds and was recognised in the Royal patent founding Rivington School in 1566.
In 1628 a chapel was built "upon a little toft and quillet of land" by the local population and divine service was celebrated "for many years of antiquity".

The early-16th-century chapel was rebuilt in 1666 and altered and restored in 1861.
The church is a small plain building built in sandstone with a bell turret.
It is an Anglican church and unusual in that it is not dedicated to a saint or martyr, but referred to as Rivington Church.

Rivington Unitarian Chapel is an active place of worship holding regular services on the first and third Sunday of each month in addition to baptisms, weddings and blessings.
The Chapel was built with a bellcote of local stone in 1703.
Founded as a Presbyterian church and became Unitarian in the late 18th century.
The chapel, which retains its box pews, was restored in 1990.
Rivington was a chapelry in the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Bolton le Moors until it became a parish in its own right. Rivington Church is an active Anglican place of worship holding service each Sunday.
The Church is built on the site of an earlier chapel that was named in a deed by Margaret Pilkington and her son Robert in 1476. The chapelry covered Rivington and the surrounding areas of Anglezarke, Hemshaws and Foulds and was recognised in the Royal patent founding Rivington School in 1566. In 1628 a chapel was built "upon a little toft and quillet of land" by the local population and divine service was celebrated "for many years of antiquity".
The early-16th-century chapel was rebuilt in 1666 and altered and restored in 1861. The church is a small plain building built in sandstone with a bell turret. It is an Anglican church and unusual in that it is not dedicated to a saint or martyr, but referred to as Rivington Church.
Rivington Unitarian Chapel is an active place of worship holding regular services on the first and third Sunday of each month in addition to baptisms, weddings and blessings. The Chapel was built with a bellcote of local stone in 1703. Founded as a Presbyterian church and became Unitarian in the late 18th century. The chapel, which retains its box pews, was restored in 1990.
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