It was once the only church in Addington village when it was the centre of a larger parish then incorporating Shirley.

The south aisle, built in the early 13th century, is narrow as it once had a thatched roof, hence its falling roofline.

[4] The crypt is now inaccessible, but the church is the burial place of a Lord Mayor of the City of London, the armigerous Leigh family who were Lords of the manor, and five of the six Archbishops of Canterbury who spent time at their residence nearby of Addington Palace.

[6] (Note: the CWGC site shows 14, but one of these (J. COLLIER) is identified as being an alias of another entry (J.

[6] There is a stained glass window serving as a memorial to the services of the 59th (Addington) Battalion of the Home Guard during the Second World War.