[citation needed] Before the Norman Conquest of England Wilaf, a thegn of Earl Leofwine Godwinson, held the manor.

After the dissolution, Nutley's land at Barton was granted to the same secular owner as the adjacent manor of Chetwode, and the two descended together until the 20th century.

[2] Part of the manor house is 17th century and a stone on the west gable is inscribed with the date 1635.

[3] Alterations and major extensions to the house made in 1903 and 1908 were designed by the architect was Robert Lorimer.

[2] In 1899 the Great Central Railway completed its main line to London through the southernmost part of the parish.