The village is in the northern part of the parish just west of the river, and stands on boulder clay and Lower Lias.

Its affix refers to the Bishops of Lichfield, who by 1152 had succeeded St. Mary's Priory, Coventry as Lord of the Manor.

[2] An open field system prevailed in the parish until the Bishop's Itchington Inclosure Act 1774 (14 Geo.

In 1820 Richard Greaves started a lime kiln using Blue Lias from a quarry just north of the village.

Completion of the railway in 1852 made it easier for the works to obtain coal and distribute its lime and cement.

The Great Western revised the railway junction to the works in 1883 and had a signal box built for it in 1899.

By 1907 there were 18 chamber kilns making 600 tons a week, and more railway track was laid including a second connection to the works.

Associated Portland Cement, now Blue Circle Industries, bought ACM's assets in 1932 and continued production.

It had originally been used by contractors building the King George V Graving Dock in Southampton, and consequently had acquired the name Cunarder.

[3] Parts of the chapel building dated from the 17th century and a small brick-built tower was added in 1834.

[3] In 1872 the chapel was demolished and replaced by the present church, which was designed by the Gothic Revival architect Ewan Christian.

[9] Deteriorating church fabric, and in particular the tower, led to a restoration programme that was completed early in 2011.