The mere is well stocked with fish, especially two species of eel; one noted for its delicious, and the other for its nauseous, flavour, also one is of a peculiar shape.

However, Toney refers to the fact the land was owned by Ralph de Toeni, standard-bearer of William I, in the period shortly after the Norman conquest.

[4] Amenities in the village include a public house, hotel and Parker's VC C of E Primary school attended by over 100 pupils.

[citation needed] The parish church of Saint George is constructed from flint and has a 15th-century tower containing six bells and a clock.

[citation needed] Former British Prime Minister John Major was evacuated to the village from 1944 to 1945 as an infant during World War II.