At some point between 1535 and 1700 the dedication of the church was changed to St John the Baptist (specifically, to his beheading).

[9] The church, in the very south of the parish, was mostly built in the late 12th and early 13th centuries with extensive 19th-century renovations, and is protected as a Grade II* listed building.

Originally owned by the Powle family, the Williamstrip estate consists of an extensive manor and park, the latter dating back to the early 1600s and the parkland being commissioned in 1754.

[11] The estate stretches to neighbouring Hatherop and during Enclosure, the boundaries were altered slightly and land was exchanged.

It is part of the parliamentary constituency of North Cotswold, represented in the House of Commons by Conservative MP Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown.