In 1872 the lord of the manor was Edward Ayshford Sandford, Esq., in which year much of the parish belonged to the heirs of Sir William Follett, namely R. H. Clarke Esq, Henry Dunsford Esq., and other freeholders[4][5] As part of the construction of the Grand Western Canal in about 1810, several bridges[6] and culverts[7] were constructed at Burlescombe.

In 1872 the parish was entitled to send a boy to nearby Uffculme Free School,[5] founded in 1701 by Nicholas Ayshford who endowed it with £47 per annum.

[9] The parish church dedicated to St Mary is chiefly of the time of Henry VII (1485–1509) and was renovated in 1843.

The parish church was renovated in 1843 when new carved oak pews and stained glass windows were added and the heraldic blazonry on the screen was re-painted.

who died the ... day of January 1610 in the 76th year of his age) You that passe by this tombe stand still awhile; and with youre tongues and teares the tym begueil; to see soe good a man betr(ayed?)

)stoode; not to lyve longe but to doe more good; whearin though death hath crost hym yet heell have; his vertueus life survyve his marble grave".

Richard died at the Middle Temple, London, suggesting him to have been a lawyer; his heir was his son Tristram.

She dyed the 23th (sic) yeare of her age Anno D(omi)ni 1635 June 13.o" Ayshford is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Aiseforda.

The screen was re-painted in the 19th century, to which period the furniture, consisting of utilitarian oak pews and the black and red glazed floor tiles, also belongs.