The name Aylton is derived from name of the Anglo Saxon female leader of the settlement, Aethelgifu, and is therefore a rare survivor of its gender from that time.

In 1293, in return for the estate, William de Broy was obliged to provide the service of an armoured horse and man for 40 days whenever the king was in the county, commuted to a payment of 24 shillings.

It was about this time that de Broy gave six acres of land to Little Malvern priory for the creation of a monastery in Aylton, which survives today as Priors Court.

Hankin was responsible for the form of the farmhouse as it is seen today, together with the extended hop kilns and a dovecote shown on old plans, although the latter has long since disappeared.

It was rebuilt in 1875, on the site of a church dating back to William d'Evreux who at the time of the Domesday Book held the manor of 'Poteslepe' as a feudal tenant of Roger de Lacy.

Putley Court, a Queen Anne style manor house, was built in 1712 by Edmond Phillips close to the church.