A Roman villa a short distance north of the present village was the subject of an episode of the archaeological television programme Time Team, broadcast in 1995.

[13] The church was lightly restored in 1876, when the 13th-century east window was replaced and the bell-turret with shingled spire was added, standing on older posts.

[15] Julian Orbach, updating Nikolaus Pevsner's work, writes: "Charming rustic interior with the timber-framed W end".

In 1978 Jocelyn Toynbee identified it as a Genius loci statue, a pre-Christian Roman religious item, assumed to be from the nearby villa complex.

[22] Down the lane leading west to Tockenham Court farm is Manor House farmhouse, 18th-century with 15th-century core.

Its seven-bay brick front, built in 1730 by Nathaniel Ireson,[25] has a parapet and a plain three-bay pediment.

[27] During the Civil War, when it was the residence of Sir William Button (1584–1655), this house was twice looted by Parliamentary troops.

[28] A GWR 2900 Class steam locomotive named Tockenham Court was built in 1913 and continued in service until 1952.

[29] At Tockenham Wick, 1 mile (2 km) north of the village on the lane to Grittenham, the Manor House is Grade II* listed.

The two-storey porch is dated 1698, and a large single-storey brick-built library was added to the right of the main block c.1750.

[30][14] The adjoining dovecote, with stables below, were built in limestone and sandstone rubble in the 17th century;[31] Brakspear inserted mullioned windows in 1925.