Homes and farms in the village are influenced by the style of the Middle Ages apart from Church Lodge.

On the Dissolution of the Monasteries during the Reformation the estate, including the village, was granted to John White.

Church Lodge is the only privately owned house in the old village and is shown in the fourth picture below.

As of 16 October 2011 the FirstGroup bus services providing travel to the village residents has been withdrawn.

The Golden Lion public house was the unofficial officers mess during WW2 the lounge bar used by Eisenhower, Bradley, and numerous other American generals; also Montgomery, Prince Philip and Earl Mountbatten, according to persons that were there during this period.