It retains the bullet holes from the English Civil War when the village was attacked by Parliamentary Forces.

He had been born in the nearby village of Gawcott and this building was one of the inspirations for his interest in Gothic architecture.

The names of the Minister or Curates from the time of the rebuilding of All Saints in 1493 are not all recorded for the church was appropriated in 1162 to Notley Abbey being served by a Monk or Canon of Notley up to the earliest recorded Curate in 1526.

After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Hillesden was first granted to the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford in 1542, and subsequently to the new foundation created by King Henry VIII in 1546.

The church is in a joint parish with: The pipe organ dates from 1970 and was built by George Osmund.