A Roman carved stone relief of a male figure was found at Slate House Farm, west of the village.

In 1969, fragments of Romano-British grey ware pottery were found on the Wilsford housing estate site, just opposite the north-east corner of the Roman town of Ancaster.

[6] In the Middle Ages it included a Benedictine priory, founded in the early 13th century but poorly funded.

It lost population in the early modern period, and by 1856 it was described in White's gazetteer as "only a farm of 400 acres [160 hectares]".

[10] The disused Ancaster stone (limestone) quarry on scenic Wilsford Heath is now screened by a coppice.

The output of the quarry is reflected in the present appearance of the village, with its "attractive limestone buildings with a distinctive church".

[11] The Grade 1 listed parish church of St Mary, including its tower and spire, dates from the 11th to 15th centuries.

The nearest station is at Ancaster (1.8 miles (2.9 km), which has a six-day-a-week daytime service of three to five trains a day.