[3] In 1968 the bodies of three Bronze Age men were discovered near Tormarton, when a gas pipeline was being installed.

Unusually, two of the bodies showed combat wounds; they are now in Bristol Museum & Art Gallery.

[5] The area is thought to have been inhabited by the Romans[2] as a stone coffin was found in nearby Hinton.

The medieval village was larger than today: extensive earthworks to the north and east of the church suggest that this area may have been settled previously.

[2] Another source suggests the name derives from the church tower (Tor) on the border between Wessex and Mercia (Anglo-Saxon Meark).

[10] In 2008, SITA made a planning application to build a large in-vessel composting facility near Tormarton.