St. Margaret’s Church was founded in 1925, and the official opening of the Church Institute, erected by volunteers, is recorded as having taken place on 31 October that year. The “Founding Father”, Joseph Cowan Barnes died suddenly in April of the following year, but the family link continued, and his two sons, Jack and Harry were the builders of the modern church in 1965.

Parish status was achieved in April 1972, with the Rev. Simon Owen instituted as the first vicar in June that year. In 1975 the Golden Jubilee was celebrated with a week long event, it was also the year that the building loan was repaid to the diocese—six months ahead of schedule.

The Parish Centre was opened on 20 June 1995, and is a well appointed building used by many local societies, as well as the church organisations.

The Millennium saw St. Margaret’s celebrating it’s 75th year in existence, and it was marked by a series of re-unions of the societies and groups of the church—some of which are no longer in existence.

(much of this historical information is taken from the book “Three Score Years and Ten” written by Harold Kirby).