St Saviours Church  was consecrated by the Rt Rev. Bishop James Prince Lee on January 23rd 1865. The cost of the erection of the church, schools and vicarage was borne entirely by the  Mr J Maden Holt, M.A of Stubylee Hall, and amounted to  £8.000, £2.000 and £1.400 exclusive of the value of the sites. The first vicar was the Rev William Whitworth who came from St Judes, Ancoats, Manchester he remained until August, 1869 when he resigned to resume the vicariate of St Mary's Rawtenstall.  The Rev W Johnson, M.A  succeeded him and remained at St Saviours until his death in his 81st year , on December 6th 1916.

He was succeeded by the Rev  A.G. Townsend, M.A. in March 1917, but only stayed for a very brief period, and in 1918 the Rev A. A. Giles M.A. of Manchester was appointed vicar.

 

The church was originally founded at Rockliffe in 1854, the congregation meeting in a old mill which was used for both church and Sunday school.
 

Mr Maden Holts sister Emily Sarah Holt was a noted authoress one of her books being  " Protestant Tales from the reformation". Her ashes repose in the family vault of St Saviours Churchyard along with those of her brother and Mrs Maden Holt.

 

The bells of St Saviours were added to the church in 1887 at a cost of £600.00 for the eight bells. Names the Jubilee Bells they were to celebrate the Jubilee of Queen Victoria.