[2] The Domesday Book of 1086 mentions Wolstanton, and records that the village had a priest.

There was rebuilding in 1623; the church was substantially rebuilt in 1860, by Ward and Son, the chancel being designed by Anthony Salvin.

[2] There are monuments in the chancel to the Sneyd family, in particular an alabaster chest tomb of the 16th century, in memory of Sir William Sneyd and his wife Anne; their recumbent effigies lie on the tomb.

[2][5] There are eight bells; six of them, cast in 1714, were originally in a church in Trentham, and installed at St Margaret's in 1767.

The inscription alleges that she was murdered by poisoning, and suggests the name of the man responsible.