Some notes by the Reverend Henry Robert Whytehead in the booklet The Minster And Church Life In Warminster, published in 1911:
Christ Church
Standing conspicuously on a hill south of the town is seen the tower of Christ Church. It was the Rev. W. Dalby, then Vicar of Warminster, who first bestirred people to think of providing for the religious needs of the people who lived in the Common. The first stone of Christ Church was laid by the Vicar on the 15th of April, 1830, and the Church was consecrated by Bishop Burgess a year after. It is said that it is the first Church built in this part of the diocese since the Reformation. Although the total cost amounted to £4,708, the whole of this money was paid by May, 1835, and in addition a considerable endowment fund was raised.
During the seventy years that have passed since this date, much more has been done in the Church and district. The first incumbent, the Rev. J. H. Walsh, held the charge for twenty-nine years, when he retired to the living of Bishopstrow, which he held for eleven years. His body was laid to rest in the churchyard, among those to whom he ministered so long. The next incumbent, the Reverend R. R. Hutton, organised the Sunday Schools and Bible Classes, which are now maintaining a very vigorous life. The Reverend W. Hickman followed, being licensed to the living in 1867, and he held it for over thirty years. During his incumbency the chancel was built, together with vestry, and organ chamber; then followed stained-glass windows, tiled floor, and a new organ, and other improvements which were effected, at a total cost of £2,000. Finally, in 1880, the west gallery was removed, arcades of stone were raised to support the vast span of the roof, and a new roof of pine was put up, the church was re-seated, and above all, every seat in the church was made free. These improvements, together with a further endowment, cost a sum of £3,500. The latest additions to Christ Church, consist of a new pulpit of alabaster (1887), a peal of tubular bells, and a considerable addition to the churchyard.
Christ Church was at first a district chapelry, but has since become an ecclesiastical parish, and has a population of 1,800 souls. The convenient glebe house, standing close to the Church, in three acres of land, was added to the living in the time of the Rev. R. R. Hutton, greatly at the expense of the Rev. H. J. Walsh, his predecessor. The services are frequent, hearty, and well attended. The present Vicar, the Reverend James S. Stuart, entered upon his incumbency in the year 1889.