Built by the Denston family in the 1460s, it has been subtly altered over time to serve a small group of priests, "about 50 years before the Reformation would sweep them away".

[3] All of the church apart from the older tower was created by the family, however, those priests were a community all too poor to carry out any restoration on the building.

It is "because of this it has a higher degree of surviving medieval liturgical integrity than virtually any other Suffolk church".

In 1564 Henry Cheyney made over the manor of Denston to William Burd without licence to alienate from the crown".

He died in 1591, passing the estate to his son in 1602, where it was again re-seized by the crown for debt and then "leased to Sir John Robinson".

This hall is said to be dated back to 1770, with Adam Style ornamentation in the ceilings, and 18th-century twisted balusters on the staircases.

[7] This emphasises the change that has come about to the area of Denston, perhaps showing just how small the parish is today.

Denston's population shows that 31% of people have a level 4 qualification or above, suggesting a well-educated community.

In 1881, most occupations were agriculture and manual labour based, but in 2011, in Denston they are mainly professional-based.

[9] In 2011, this has largely increased to show 55% of men[10] and 40% of women in Denston now work as "professionals".

[11] This could be because today more women commercially work within the fashion industry, and have higher involvement compared to in 1881.

There was a larger proportion of "unknown occupation" in 1881,[9] but not in 2011, this could be because more labour force roles are specified, and Denston has a higher number of "professionals" nowadays.