The church was damaged by the French in 1457, and repaired in 1460 by the Earl of Warwick, when the clerestory and the north and south aisles were rebuilt.

The font is Norman, of Catacleuze stone, and similar to those of Ladock, Feock and St Mewan.

In 1899, Kenneth Grahame, author of The Wind in the Willows, married Elspeth Thompson at the church.

[7] In May 2023, the chair of the Parochial Church Council (PCC) stepped down, along with two other members;[8] they had supported the resolution against a female vicar.

[11] In March 2024, the church welcomed a woman, the Reverend Carol Edleston, as "Priest for Fowey".