The parish church of John the Baptist in the Cheshire village of Hartford dates from 1875. It replaced an earlier church built in 1824 which had proved too small for the growing local population. The initial church consisted of nave and porches and the chancel. The tower was added in 1887 (it's foundations were laid as part of the original church).
A choir vestry was added on the East wall of the church in 1925. The church was restored in the 1990s with the original floor and seating replaced, the pipe organ was replaced by an electronic one and the church roof was renewed. In the late 1990s a West side extension was made to the church. The church is built from buff sandstone with a red sandstone dressing.
