There is a record of the Empress Matilda giving the benefice of Benson, including chapels at Nettlebed and Warborough, to the Augustinian Abbey at nearby Dorchester in about 1140,[4] and for most of the Middle Ages Warborough was regarded as part of the parish of Dorchester.

It remained part of the Dorchester peculiar until 1847, but functioned largely as an independent parish from the Middle Ages.

[7] Warborough has a number of half-timbered and thatched houses, including a cruck cottage 100 yards (91 m) southwest of the parish church.

A date stone on the manor house on the north side of the village green says it was built in 1696.

Cross Keys and Warborough Football Club plays in Upper Thames Valley League Division I.

The village and surrounding areas have been the subject of filming locations for the crime drama Midsomer Murders.