[5] The manor followed the descent of the lord of Northallerton, but a mesne lordship was granted to Henry de Farlington.

By the middle of the 16th century the manor had passed to the Foljambe family and thence by marriages to the Grimston's, who were still in possession of the titles in 1821.

[6][7] There are the foundations of a medieval settlement opposite the rectory near Hill Top Farm that shows the outline of associated fields that may have been moated with fishponds.

During some 19th-century renovation work the bases of two Norman columns were discovered under the floor of the chancel and others were found under the nave.

Part of the shaft of a Saxon cross was also unearthed, and is now built into the wall of the west end.