Little information remains of Whitehill Society before 1871 except that a Wesleyan Preaching Plan of 1839 shows that services were held once a fortnight. The only houses that were then standing were at Old Whitehill, a group of about twenty workers' houses near to Birchenwood which were demolished in the mid 1960's. We can only assume that this is where the services were held.
Once, there was a "preaching room" at what is now 177 Whitehill Road, opposite the Chapel. The house was owned by Sarah Machin and and would be open on Sundays and occasional weekdays to worshippers. At some time just before 1871 the "Preaching Room" was moved to what is now 185 Whitehill Road. This was a time of great Religious revival and soon the "Preaching Room" became too overcrowded. On 26th June 1871 a trustees' meeting was held in the same room to discuss the building of a Chapel. Present at this first recorded meeting were :- Rev William Shaw (Superintendant Minister), Rev William Jackson, Absalom Ball, Peter Lawton, John Hall, William Hall, Robert Dutton, Joseph Nicklin, John Cotton and the architect, Mr Ford. Tenders for the building were opened and it was unanimously decided to give the work to James Broad of Willaston. Things moved swiftly in the beginning, and within fifteen days of the first meeting on Monday 11th July, Mr C H Hardeman laid the foundation stone and Mr G Craigley of Alsager presided at the Service. It is noteworthy that the Conveyance of the land upon which the Chapel was to be built was not completed until 23rd September. The Society paid £51 - 9s - 0d for 343 square yards of land owned by Mary Kinnersley of Clough Hall, widow of a wealthy mine owner of the district, and Georgina Mary Attwood.
Whitehill Wesleyan Methodist Church was opened on Tuesday 12th Dec 1871, by the Rev J H Beech of Burslem, Chairman of the Macclesfield Circuit. By village standards the building was very fine and extremely expensive. A double fronted house at that time would cost around sixty pounds, the Chapel and it's land together cost £487 - 13s - 11d.
There seemed to be an unofficial unity between the Wesleyan and the Primitive Methodists. There are repeated records saying "It was agreed to lend our Chapel to the Primitives as usual this year". An entry on 25th March 1882 says that the Primitives could hold their Sunday School Anniversary. This lending of premises in June each year continued until 1888.
On the other hand a similar request by the "Good Templars" was refused because "provisions in the deeds prohibited the lending of the Chapel". This was in 1873. However a similar application by the "Good Templars" in 1926 was granted at a fee of twenty five shillings per year.
Whitehill Chapel began the Twentieth Century in a state of uncertainty about it's future. It was necessary to ask the Sunday School to increase it's grant because the Chapel found it difficult to pay it's way. Complications had arisen due to mining underneath the Chapel and the building was "beginning to give way" so stated the Minutes of February 1908. In March 1909 the damage due to subsidence was listed - "the gable and front of the Chapel are falling out; cracks at each corner; the foundations are apparently giving way". Nevertheless Whitehill survived this and the Great War. In 1915 an account was opened at the Post Office called the School Building Fund. That same year gas was brought to the village and the Chapel, and later in 1919 electricity and water were also laid on.
The Jubilee Celebrations of 1921 when the Chapel was half a century old raised a substantial sum of money towards building a Sunday School. On the 3rd of Feb 1921 the Chapel was first solemnized for marriage but it was not until Dec 1922 that the first wedding took place between Mr H Grundy and Miss A Burgess, daughter of a former choirmaster of the Chapel.
In post war years Whitehill Chapel benefited considerably from the generosity of Mr & Mrs J E Archer of Whitehill Farm.
In 1952 Mr Archer conveyed land to the Chapel so that it could build an asbestos store shed. Conveyances were also made in 1955, 1956 and 1959 totalling over 300 square yards of land.
Ealy in 1971 Whitehill Methodist Chapel united with Rookery and Balls Bank to form a new society. This is where the history of Whitehill ends and the history of a new Church begins.

Officers of Whitehill Methodist Church at the time of union, July Plan 1971.

Minister - Rev R G McBain.
Stewards : Society - Mrs M Biddulph, Mrs L Edwards, Mr D Breeze.
.............. : Poor - Mr & Mrs N Goode.
Trustees' Secretary - Mr J Nicklin.
............. Treasurer - Mr D Breeze.
Choir : Conductor/Organist - Mr J H Biddulph.
Guild Secretary - Mr G Wilshaw.
Overseas Missions Secretary - Mrs N Goode.
Christian Citizenship Secretary - Mrs P Bailey.
Home Missions - Mrs D Hancock.
Founding Trustees 1871 - Rev John Hooton (Superintendant Minister), Jabez James Hancock, John Cotton,
Stephen Knapper, Dennis Richmond, Joseph Clarke, James Smallwood, James Smith, James Lockett, Robert Dutton,
Absalom Ball, Peter Lawton, Paul Turner, John Hall, William Hall, Joseph Nicklin, John Goodwin, James Harding.