[3] Earthworks in this area known as Clack Mount, including a mound 20 metres in diameter, could be from a Norman motte-and-bailey castle, although the early history is uncertain.

[7] In the east of the parish there was a medieval settlement at Littlecott, on the border with Hilmarton; by 1773 this had shrunk to two farms.

[9][10] In 1940, much farmland became an RAF station, extending close to the western edge of Lyneham village.

A 1990 window in the south aisle by Henry Haig commemorates the 50th anniversary of RAF Lyneham.

[19] In 1924 the chapelry of Bradenstoke-cum-Clack, the vicarage of Lyneham, and the rectory of Tockenham were united to form one benefice, although the parishes remained separate.

In 2012 all operations were transferred to Brize Norton in west Oxfordshire, 35 miles (56 km) to the north.

[24] The parish is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.