The modern village centre is a designated conservation area which contains many houses of Tudor style architecture.

[6] According to records from November 1824, numerous trades and crafts were carried out in the village: blacksmith, wheelwright, joiners, cordwainer, gamekeeper, bricklayer, weaver, tailor, carrier, victualler, laundry woman and many domestic servants.

In 1858 a new school was constructed on part of the Church Minshull Estate, which had been in the Brooke family for several generations.

The site was sold several times and greatly extended over the years to its present size of 65 plots.

The shop, post office and petrol station closed in the 1990s and were sold off separately.