 The church cost £1200 raised by subscription and the site was donated by George Lane-Fox.The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel, and the Roman Catholics built St Edward King and Confessor Catholic Church to serve the population of Irish workers that came to work in Grimstons flax mill established in the village in 1831.The Grimston, Clifford and Vavasour families contributed to the cost of building the church.