The manor had been the possession of a local named Thor, but passed to Enisant Mussard after the Norman invasion.

[2] The mesne lordship passed to the lords of Constable Burton from Enisant which eventually ended in the hands of the Scrope family.

Enisant continued to hold a demesne lordship here which passed to Harsculph an ancestor of the Cleasby family.

[7] The geology of the area surrounding the village lies on a bed of limestone overlaid with loam, clay and gravel.

[11] John Robinson (1650–1723), bishop of London and diplomatist was born and attended school there.

He was Ambassador to Sweden for twenty five years before becoming Lord Privy Seal and then first Plenipotentiary to the Congress of Utrecht.