[2] Lapley Priory was a community of Black Monks (Benedictines), endowed c.1061, in the time of Edward the Confessor, by Ælfgar, Lord of Mercia and Chester, in memory of his third son Burgheard who died in Reims while returning from a pilgrimage to Rome with Aldred Archbishop of York.

In the English civil wars, the Priory House was fortified and garrisoned, but in 1645 it was dismantled under a parliamentary order.

[6] The nave and chancel are clearly Norman in age, along with the lower part of the tower, but the upper portions appear to be 15th century.

The church possesses many ancient and unusual features and has been radically altered several times in its history.

[9] "The font is unusual and consists of a base and pedestal supporting a wide octagonal bowl lined with lead.