[1] It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Liverpool, the archdeaconry of Warrington and the deanery of Winwick.

The west tower was built in 1358, and the walls and north arcade of the nave (except for the Legh Chapel and the organ chamber) date from 1580.

[4] On Thursday 13 January 1887, Titanic Captain Edward Smith married Sarah Eleanor Pennington in the church.

[1] The south wall was rebuilt during the early part of the 16th century, and a tribute to St. Oswald was engraved in Latin along the cornice.

A translation by William Beamont appears in "A History of Winwick" : "This place of yore did Oswald greatly love, Northumbria's king, but now a saint above: Who in Marcelde's field fighting fall, O, blest one hear !

In fifteen hundred and just three times ten, Sclater restored and built this wall again, And Henry Johnson here was curate then."

It shows the "Knight and Priest" in clerical vestments worn over armour, with his sword by his side.

Five of these were cast from the four existing bells in 1711 by Richard Sanders, and the sixth in 1882 is by John Taylor and Company.

[12] About 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north of the church in a field alongside the A573 road between Winwick and Golborne at Hermitage Green is a holy well dedicated to St Oswald (grid reference SJ607941).