Famous for the legend of the 'Cat and Man', the church serves the communities of Barnburgh and Harlington.

[2] There is a private chantry chapel north of the chancel for the Cresacre family, whose males were lords of Barnburgh from the 13th to the 16th century.

As he was approaching Barnburgh, a wildcat (or a lynx) sprang out of the branches of a tree and landed on the back of his horse.

The cat then turned on the knight and there followed a long and deadly struggle between the two which continued all the way from Ludwell Hill to Barnburgh.

They were found sometime later by the search party that went out after the knight's horse had returned home riderless.