[3] Wightfield manor existed by the reign of Edward the Confessor (AD 1042–66), when it was valued at one hide.

But the earliest known record of a settlement at Apperley itself dates from AD 1212, when it was part of Westminster Abbey's Deerhurst manor and was valued at three knight's fees.

In 1382 Thomas of Leigh sold Wightfield to John Cassey, whose descendants held the manor until the 17th century.

[3] Between 1660 and 1676 John Cassey sold Wightfield to a prominent recusant, Peter Fermor of Tusmore, Oxfordshire.

In the 18th century a Moravian congregation was established in Apperley,[3] and in 1750 a red-brick chapel was built for it in School Road.

A Wesleyan Methodist congregation had formed in Apperley in the 18th century, and bought the former Moravian chapel in 1845[3] or 1846.

Holy Trinity parish church is a Romanesque Revival building in red brick designed by Francis Penrose.

[9] In 1890 Penrose added a west tower incorporating a porch, and an eastern apse for the chancel.