The village is situated along the ancient Fosse Way road which runs from Exeter in Devon to Lincoln in Lincolnshire.

While the lower ground of the village is heavy clay the upper parts are composed of sand and shingle.

During commercial extraction of sand important graves of the Roman-British and Anglo-Saxon periods were uncovered and interesting skeletons and personal belongings were unearthed.

[13] The village website indicates that until recently, the community consisted of several farms, with housing for local residents occupied in cultivation of the land and the trade association of the rural economy, such as, shops, Post office, school,[14] inns, blacksmith, and three religious buildings.

[22] The current Grade II listed building, St Peter church, made of Cotswold stone and roofed with slate, was erected in the late 16th Century.

[23] A 1949 description of the building provides these specifics:[9] The parish church of ST. PETER ... consists of a chancel with a south vestry, nave (50 ft. long), and a west porch and bell turret.

The entrance is at the west end from a porch that is flanked by a small north chamber and a south staircase to a gallery.

Over the porch is an octagonal bell turret lighted by windows in gables, the whole crowned by a small stone spire.

The only later additions appear to be the mural painting that enlivens the paneling behind the altar and the two stained glass windows at the east end of the nave.The now deserted medieval village of Ditchford Frary (1066 to 1539)[25] stood about a mile southeast of St Peter church on the Paddle Brook stream.

[33] In 2019, there is a direct non-stop Great Western train service from London Paddington to Moreton-in-Marsh which takes under 2 hours.

[34] In 1826 a tram with horse-drawn cars began passing through the village,[35] operated by the Stratford & Moreton Tramway on a four-feet gauge rail.