The Iron Age hill fort of Fosbury Camp lies on high ground south of the village.

[1] The smaller one was granted for a time to Shaftesbury Abbey and then to the priory at Noyon-sur-Andelle, France (now Charleval, Eure).

From 1810 it was the seat of the Bevan banking family, and later was the home of bibliophile Alfred Henry Huth until his death in 1910.

[2] The benefice was united with Tidcombe in 1926, although the parishes remained distinct; the incumbent was to live at the Fosbury parsonage.

[8] The parish was united with Tidcombe in 1979 and the church was declared redundant; soon after it was sold to the owner of Buchan House.