The existing church of St Wilfrid lies to the south of the A635 Doncaster–Barnsley road as you enter the village of Hickleton from the east.

Archaeological excavations date the existing building back to c. 1150[1] but there is the suggestion of a church on this location in Saxon times.

[6] The second set of extensive work took place in the 1980s, when the building was seriously affected by a geological fault which caused it to list dangerously.

[7] The lychgate to the north-west of the church has three human skulls set behind a grille above which are the words (in Latin and English) "Today for me, Tomorrow for thee".

A local legend has arisen which suggests they are the skulls of three sheep rustlers, hanged at nearby High Melton or three fallen women of the Parish but it is more likely that they were obtained by Lord Halifax (2nd Viscount) to serve as a memento mori.