[1] The dedication honours St Dunstan who was born in Baltonsborough in 909, and eventually became Archbishop of Canterbury and an important monastic reformer of the Anglo-Saxon period.

[2] Legends attached to Dunstan portray him nailing a horseshoe onto the devil, earning him a place as a patron saint of blacksmiths.

[1] The nave is particularly wide and has caused stress in the roof and an outward lean in the north wall.

[3] The church's simple Somerset tower is topped by an elaborate ironwork weather vane crafted by the local blacksmith in the 19th century.

[6][7] One former vicar of the church was Edward Mellish who was awarded the Victoria Cross in World War I.