The church is said to have been founded in 490 by Paul Aurelian, a Welsh saint.

The church building is medieval but was largely destroyed in a raid by the Spanish in 1595.

[3] Robert Anning Bell, the Arts and Crafts movement artist, designed the memorial east window in the chancel.

It honours Lieutenant William Torquil Macleod Bolitho who was killed on 24 May 1915 during the Second Battle of Ypres.

[6] Within the village churchyard there is a memorial to Dolly Pentreath, reputedly and disputedly the last native speaker of Cornish.