The village had a church by AD 1074. The current church of England parish church of Saint Mary may have been rebuilt in the latter part of the 15th century, but only the perpendicular gothic tower survives from that time. Major repairs to the roof and south aisle were made in 1668 and 1769, but by the 1860s the nave and chancel were in a poor condition again. The architect thomas talbot bury, a pupil of A.W.N Pugin, demolished all except the tower in 1865, and rebuilt them in a gothic revival interpretation of Perpendicular Gothic. This Victorian building has extremely regular coursed masonry, which departs conspicuously from the traditional Medieval rubble masonry of the tower and, presumably, the previous church building. Bury preserved only a handful of features from the Medieval church: a Perpendicular Gothic window in the north wall of the chancel, a piscina, a tomb recess and a 13th-century effigy of a priest. Placed with the kind permission of the team Rector: Cherwell valley benefice