[2] Through the parish runs a Roman trackway from Cirencester and Chavenage Green, adjacent to which is a long barrow.

The nearby hamlet of Tarlton was home to the Arts and Crafts architect and designer Alfred Powell and his wife Louise from the 1920s to 1960.

The village's proximity to Wiltshire appears to give origin to part of the parish's name, as the Old English maer means "boundary".

The standard diet for a labourer was described as bread and cheese, "garden stuff" and dumplings for dinner, and tea for breakfast.

[8] Sir Frederick Eden, 2nd Baronet's The State of the Poor (1797), details the following parochial records for Rodmarton:[8] The 2001 United Kingdom census showed that of the 333 parishioners, 162 were male and 171 were female.