[3] Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, William the Conqueror's half-brother, held the smaller manor.

[4] Towards the end of the 12th century the south aisle was added,[3] linked with the nave by an Early English Gothic arcade of two bays.

[4] The exterior of the clerestory is elaborately decorated with figures of men and animals carved from Hornton stone.

[4] The style of carving belongs to a school of 14th century north Oxfordshire masons[4] whose work survives also at Adderbury, Bloxham and Hanwell.

[3] Early in the 17th century the rector, the mathematician Thomas Lydiat, had the chancel rebuilt in the Perpendicular Gothic style.

[3] An open field system prevailed in the parish until 1777, when an Act of Parliament was passed for its common lands to be enclosed.