The Christ Church story begins in 1821, when John Jarratt, a local businessman, donated money for the building of a new parish church.
Doncaster’s population at that time was expanding and many of the richer townspeople were settling in this area of Doncaster.
An Act of Parliament was passed in 1826 for the erection of Christ Church.
The site chosen for the church was some 2 acres of waste ground known as ‘The Sand Pits’, a former sand and gravel working used as a rope walk, a parish pinfold and a general drying ground for the wardrobes of Laith gate.
The foundation stone was laid on 9th October 1827 in a ceremony that took place after a procession through the town. Ladies could view the ceremony from a raised platform constructed especially for this purpose. The foundation stone itself is reported to be about six feet square with the inscription “Unless the Lord build the House, their labour is in vain.” At present the location of this stone in the building is unknown to us.