The 2nd, 3rd and 4th Earl of Lichfield and other members of the Anson family of Shugborough Hall are buried in the churchyard of St Stephen's.

When the estate was sold to Earl Talbot, the church was dismantled and rebuilt with a few alterations in Great Haywood.

The church is grade II listed,[11] and has been described as "a striking example of physical continuity between country house Catholicism and a nineteenth century parish".

Chaserider bus service 828 links Great Haywood with Stafford and Lichfield on an hourly basis 6 days a week.

[16] In August 2002 advertisements were placed in the national press for a "hermit" to make a public appearance for two days on the Great Haywood Cliffs above the nearby Shugborough estate, ancestral home of Lord Lichfield.