[4] The Saxon church was likely destroyed by the Scots during the First War of Scottish Independence in 1318, and the current church building was commissioned by Bishop Thomas Hatfield of Durham and dates from the twelfth century with parts from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries.

The south aisle walls were reconstructed and the lancet windows in the transept which were filled with stone, were opened out.

[7] The church is in a joint parish with A pipe organ was built in 1818 by James Chapman Bishop.

[8] The bells were recast in 1962 by John Taylor & co of Loughborough, and augmented to a peal of ten in 1991.

The bells weigh just under a ton and rung in the art form of change ringing.