"[3]Half a mile north-west of the church is The Mount, the moated earthwork identified as the remains of the medieval castle.

[citation needed] In the late 13th century the manor of Stebbing passed briefly to the Scottish noble house of Douglas by virtue of the marriage of William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas to Eleanor de Lovaine, the widow of William de Ferrers of Groby.

Eleanor was a ward of Edward I, and had her late husband's manors of Stebbing and Woodham Ferrers made into a dowry for a future remarriage.

During work inside the church a few years ago part of the foundations of an earlier building were uncovered along with coins of King Henry II (1154 - 1189).

[7] The writer Henry De Vere Stacpoole lived in the village with his wife Margaret for over a decade, during which time he served the area as a justice of the peace.