Two small booklets have been available from Clitheroe Library & from the Tourist Information Office. They may still be available from local bookshops and are entitled
"A History of Methodism in The Clitheroe Circuits" Vol. 1 and Vol.2 by Cyril Ainsworth.

Historically the Clitheroe Circuit has been in existence since 1814.
This was the old Wesleyan Circuit which was made up of Gisburn, Barley, Barrow, Bolton by Bowland, Chipping, Newton, Whitewell, Worston, Bashall Eaves, Downham, Low Moor, Sawley, Stopper Lane, Waterloo, Bradford - Wesley, Chatburn, Harrop, Paythorne, Slaidburn, Whalley
 
The Clitheroe Wesleyan Methodist Association Circuit was in existence from 1836 & was comprised of Moor Lane, Bradford, Worston, Newhurst, Broom Hill, Rodhill, Wood End, Pendleton, Mearly, Newton and Enfield, Grindleton, West Bradford, and Waddington
 
The Clitheroe Primitive Methodist Circuit was in existence from 1820 & consisted of Mount Zion.
 
Methodism has been in the locality in an organised form since 1797.
 
Over the years many of the Chapels have gone; full histories of these Chapels were held by the Rev. Chris Cheeseman, former Circuit Superintendent. 
Should you be interested in more information please contact the present Superintendent (Rev. Tim Thorpe) - see contacts on our welcome page.
 
Amalgamations and closures of various chapels has meant that the Circuit in its present form came into being in 1962. In recent times one Chapel at Harrop Fold decided to become an Independent Chapel in 1996, Slaidburn closed in 1999 and Grindleton in 2009.
 

At present the Circuit includes:
- Chatburn, Clitheroe (Trinity), Paythorne, under the pastoral charge of the Circuit Superintendant Rev. Tim Thorpe.
- and Waddington, Whalley & West Bradford under the charge of Rev. Katy Thomas