[1] The church, and the emergence of Knockholt as an independent parish, can be dated from a document of 1350, rediscovered in Reigate library in 1849.

It records how Ralph Scot of Chelsfield bought land in Ocolte and moved to his newly built hall there in the times of Henry III, before 1272.

A house for a chaplain, tithe barn, and glebe land for his support, were provided to be possessed in perpetual alms.

If the early drawing is accurate the present tower is further west than the original, where a porch was shown, although there are no obvious traces of the change to be seen now.

In March 1944, during the Blitz, a bomb fell on the church's rectory, severely damaging the building and killing the unfortunate rector, Charles Hobley.