A spurious charter of "959" records the rectory as being owned by Westminster Abbey, and a priest is mentioned in 1086 in the Domesday Book, strongly implying the existence of a church, which was separately documented six years earlier.

[2][3] The building has a thirteenth-century nave, chapel, north aisle and south arcade, together with traces of painting on the walls.

[4] Since 1950, the church has had grade II* listing (statutory protection and recognition, in the mid category).

[5] One of the most important memorials in the church is to Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore, who lived locally at Highwood Hill, where he died in 1826.

The churchyard is a Site of Local Importance for Nature Conservation together with the neighbouring Sunny Hill Park.