It is part of Ansty and Staplefield civil parish where the 2011 Census population information is included.

The Anglican parish church built in 1847 is dedicated to St. Mark and contains wall paintings by the Victorian stained glass designer Charles Eamer Kempe.

In 1994, Reverend Anthony Freeman, vicar of St Mark's was dismissed by the Bishop of Chichester, Eric Kemp, when he stated that he didn't believe in God[3] and published his book God in Us: A Case for Christian Humanism.

[citation needed] The village also has a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima.

[citation needed][further explanation needed] The pub sign shows a picture of a judge and a document inside the pub shows details of the case.