There is a record of Burton dating back to AD 1204,[2] and more recently in Book 44 – Wiltshire, of the Topographical Collections of John Aubrey, 1659–70.

A possible early road surface extending beneath the modern lane was also identified and, although poorly dated, its construction and use appear to have been broadly contemporary with the causeway.

The Register of Incumbents dates back to 1305 when the Abbot of Glastonbury presented Johannes de Montacute to the living.

The church is part of the ByBrook Benefice[6] in the rural deanery of Chippenham, archdeaconry of Malmesbury, and the present patron is the Bishop of Bristol.

The south doorway is from the 13th century[9] and has a canopied niche over the apex, with flanking buttresses in which are carved two small human figures.

The priest's door is in the north wall of the chancel chapel, as the rectory is on this side of the church, and has over it externally a little projecting hood.

Above the chancel arch is a stone sanctus bell-turret with panelled sides surmounted by a short broach spirelet with foliated finial.

The earliest feature of the church is the circular Norman font, the lower part of which is formed like a scallop-capital with fish-scale ornamentation above.

[8] Most of the ancient glass was destroyed by Oliver Cromwell's men in the Fanatique Tymes, as John Aubrey put it, but some fragmentary pieces remain in the north aisle windows, mainly heraldic forms.

The families represented were all at one time or another associated with the manor of Castle Combe, though the Paulet arms occur all over South and West England.

Also here is the war grave of Private Edwin Kent, who lived at The Gib while employed by a Burton coal merchant until he enlisted in the 2nd Wiltshire in January 1915.

This branch of the Domvile family[15] is descended from Charles Pocklington Esquire MP who succeeded his Uncle Sir Compton, and took the name and arms of Domville.

[19] Part of the Old Rectory, now a private house, dates from 1605, although in common with the other old buildings it has been substantially extended and altered over the generations.

It has built and maintains a children's play area; it provides a defibrillator and volunteers trained in its use and in CPR; it has a group which organises activities to maintain and improve the village appearance; and a community safety and crime prevention group which operates a Community Speed Watch scheme and supports the work of the police.