The poets Siegfried Sassoon, Roland Mathias, Brian Morris and Anne Cluysenaar were all inspired to write poems by their visits to the grave.

[7] Another grave of note in the churchyard is a Grade II listed tomb erected for the Gwynne-Holford family, residents of nearby Buckland Hall (see below).

[10] He was forced to vacate the position in 1650, on grounds that included his having been on the Royalist side during the English Civil War.

[11] The Old Rectory, which stands close by the church to the northwest, is a Grade II listed building, with an estimated date of late 18th century.

It is thought to have been built as a hunting lodge for the Buckland estate and converted into a rectory in the 19th century, but was released by the church during the 1950s.