The thirteenth-century Parish Church of St George the Martyr stands in the High Street in a conservation area, and is a Grade 1 listed building.

[2] A memorial in the south wall is to the wife of John Harris – the Lord of the Manor in the eighteenth century.

There is some documentary evidence that there was a short-lived attempt to extract iron ore at Wootton in a field "at the back of the workhouse."

[2] The Barracks closed on 1 April 1993 and the site is now used for a housing estate, including the old workhouse, many road names reflecting its military origin.

During the war the corps had an ammunition dump hidden in woods at Yardley Chase, where signs still remain.

The village backs on to several modern housing estates including Wootton Fields and the area previously occupied by the army barracks.

The development and loss of village character occurred during the 1980s and 1990s as the town expanded south towards the M1 motorway near junction 15 and is next to the large housing estates of Wootton Fields, Grange Park, Simpson Manor and East Hunsbury.

Further urban expansion of Northampton was being planned in October 2008 with another 13,500 houses and additional infrastructure in the rural areas around Grange Park, Quinton and Preston Deanery.

Waitrose also said they would like to build a supermarket on the road but this was opposed in a report commissioned by the West Northampton Development Corporation.

A modern all-through Caroline Chisholm School for young people aged 4–19 is located on Wooldale Road.