A Norman chapel was built at the site in Sowe sometime after 1086.

The first known mention of the chapel is in 1221, and St Mary's church is its successor.

All that remains of the Norman chapel is the church's font and a pillar capital, both carved from red sandstone.

[1][2] The church was originally built in 1300, with additions made in the medieval period, and in the 19th and 20th centuries.

In the process, coffins interred in the churchyard were removed and reburied on a local farm, and the headstones were either placed upright against the south wall of the churchyard or laid flat around the church grounds.