[2] Fragments of early pottery have been found in the parish, as well as flints, scrapers, and an axe and arrow head.

[3] In the 19th century it became part of the Priory of St Philip, which until 2000 was the novitiate house for the Roman Catholic Servite Friars in England.

The brethren of the Servites were well known in the village and served as Air Raid Precautions (ARP) wardens in World War II.

Commuter homes were built in the village beginning in the 1930s, mainly on the east side of Woodstock Road.

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