Grassington village has never had its own parish church - the nearest is at Linton Falls located almost a mile away. When the Methodist Revival came to Grassington in the 1780s (John Wesley himself preached there on 29th May 1782), Congregationalists were also propelled into action. Originally meeting in local cottages or travelling to the chapel at Winterburn, they eventually resolved to  build their own place of worship; an aim finally realised in 1811. Most early members of the church were poor mill workers, miners and country labourers. Their pecarious existence almost led to closure of the church, first in the 1840s when Linton Worsted Mills wound down, and again in the 1870s/80s when lead mining entered terminal decline. Nevertheless, the 1851 Census of Religious Worship  records healthy congregations at all three (!) Sunday services. Church administration was at times chaotic as evidenced by an Indenture dated 1881 formally appointing trustees