The village is on the River Till at the southern edge of Salisbury Plain, on both sides of a single-carriageway stretch of the busy A303 trunk road.

[7] The Domesday survey in 1086 recorded a settlement at Wintreburne with 50 households, a church and a mill, on the king's land; Edward of Salisbury held two small estates.

The church was linked to Jumièges Abbey, Normandy, from the mid-13th century, then became an endowment of Sheen Priory, Surrey, on its foundation in 1414.

A large house built in flint and limestone chequerwork, it has a five-bay main part with cross wings at both ends and was extended around 1920.

This ancient downland is rich in wild flowers as well as having scrubby areas where yellowhammers and turtle doves flourish.

[17] Extensive restoration in 1838–40 saw the chancel rebuilt in yellow brick on the same foundations, the nave re-roofed, and the north porch added.

[21] A new vicarage was built c.1850 and sold in 1938, from which time the role of vicar was held by the incumbent of the united benefice of Shrewton, Maddington and Rollestone.

Plans to reroute the road north of the village, as part of the Stonehenge tunnel project, received Development Consent Order approval in 2020.