A church has probably stood on this site since Boertwulf’s time (839 to 853AD). He was a Christian and King of Mercia and often resided at his palace here. The layout of church, manor house and cottages is typical of the Saxon period.
The earliest images of the church are paintings and one photograph that illustrate what the Chancel was like before the 1889 renovations of Rector Canon William Mills. He was responsible for the rebuilding of the south wall, inserting the new “St Alban Window” changing the roof to allow addition of a new larger East Window. These changes are typical of the improvements of the Victorian church architects.
Th following photographs show the enlarged East Window, the new St Alban Window and the relocated Priest’s door which was moved to the right (further east). Inside, barrel vaulting replaced the previous flat plastered ceiling, altar steps were added and the Caesar family black marble memorial slabs were moved nearer the choir. The early altar rail was replaced by a more elaborate new design.
Changes after the Great War were the building of the Lychgate and the war memorial. The churchyard was extended in the 1930s.
