The Domesday survey of 1086 shows a small settlement around the church although no trace of it remains.

On 22 April 1847, it was announced that the church bells, which had for centuries been in the tower of St. Thomas à Becket, were to be removed and installed in the new St.

[7] Legend has it that the bells were seized by force from the wardens of St Thomas's.

[9] In 1889 a new organ by Messrs. Clark and Son of Bath was installed, and choir stalls placed in the chancel.

Parish registers extending back centuries had revealed only morning service had been held there previously.