[1] Although Easton was not recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, one of the two churches of the king's large estate at Wootton may have stood here.

[7] By the late 12th century the church may have belonged to the abbey at La Trinité-du-Mont, Upper Normandy; part of the patronage was later given to Bradenstoke Priory.

A dispute followed, and was resolved by the bishop of Salisbury in a decision ratified in 1246 which granted the church to the priory that had been founded at Easton c. 1234.

Wyatt in 1852–3, when a south vestry was added with a tower above, and the body of the church was extended westward by one bay.

The parish is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.

A pub, the Bruce Arms, is in the west of the parish, close to the boundary with Milton Lilbourne.