The chancel, originally of the 12th century, with a surviving stone corbel table below the eaves, was extended eastward about 1300.

[2][3] The octagonal upper section of the tower dates from about 1300, with a crenellated parapet of the 15th century, around the base of which are four projecting gargoyles that throw rainwater clear of the walls.

[2][3] The south aisle was added in the 15th century, and was rebuilt in the 1840s by the Doughty family of Theberton Hall.

16 crew members died when the airship was shot down near the village by the Royal Flying Corps on 17 June 1917.

The dead were buried in the graveyard extension, and were moved sixty years later to Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery.