People have lived in the area since prehistoric times: on the summit of Linton Hill there is an Iron Age fort.

[1] There was a tower built by the family close to the church, but it was destroyed by the forces of Henry VIII, during the Rough Wooing, and nothing now remains of it.

[2] The porch door has been inset with the "Somervail Stone" showing a knight fighting two beasts which is a link to the story of the Worm of Linton.

[2] A local legend concerning the founding of the church states that a young man killed a priest and was condemned to death.

[3] The Linton Worm is recorded by Walter Scott in his Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border' Volume II First Edition 1802 pp.90 - 92.