The Congregation dates from its separation in 1662 from the Parish church 

Links to Non Conformists elsewhere.

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Accessible by Car. Parking is difficult at weekends.

Unitarian Chapel

'Here let no man a stranger be'

English Heritage aided building restoration in 1990. 

There can be little doubt that the Chief members of the congregation that met at Rivington during and the Commonwealth were pronounced Puritans. 

Today's Unitarian Church :  Everyone has the right to seek truth and meaning for themselves. The fundamental tools for doing this are your own life experience, your reflection upon it, your intuitive understanding and the promptings of your own conscience. The best setting for this is a community that welcomes you for who you are, complete with your beliefs, doubts and questions. Traditional insistence on divine unity, the oneness of God. 

At the Unitarian School House is a Snack Bar, all funds are used for the upkeep of the buildings. Suitable place for families. Welcoming and friendly. 

Presbyterians Many land owners in Rivington and its surrounding area's had associations with the Chapel at Rivington and  hence some date stones from Rivington  are located at the Unitarian Chapel

Rivington Chapel: Stone inscribed A over IA and the date 1732 underneath denotes John Andrews and Abigail his wife another is from the times William Breres was joint owner of the Manor from 1696 to 1723 with his wife the stone is dated 1713. Further stones are at Rivington Church.

The Unitarian Chapel is the location of many family graves who's names are prominent in Local History. One such memorial includes that of 11th Lord Willoughby of Parham in Suffolk of Horwich, Adlington, and Shaw Place who died 28th Feb 1691 age 89. (Related to Pilkington and Shaw families. (Later Pilkington family also rest here) An area of Horwich North is known as 'Old Lords' derived from Lord's Willoughby of Parham, not Lord Lever-Hulme as some have mistaken. The Lord's Willoughby of Parham's ancestral lineage traces back to that of the Lord's Willoughy of Eresby

The history of Rivington and Horwich have very close links and these include New Chapel and Lee Lane Congregational, Horwich. Land at New Chapel is protected by a charity commission endowment of lands donated the Pilkington and Morris Family of Horwich.