The mill which has probably changed very little since William Barnes  was a boy here as he lived just over the fields, the history of the village dates back to the Roman times as a mosaic pavement has been found here.

The fine manor house and the church of St Peter, stand side by side, there was a Primitive Methodist chapel here as well and a National School that could hold 70 children.

The church was rebuild by Thomas Freke who was a Caption of the Trained Bands or the 17th century version of  the Territorials  and he died in 1642. He had a son who wrote the Doctrine of the Trinity and was then deemed as a libel and he was punished and the documents wee burned in the old palace of Westminster, so he went on t   write the Dictionary of Dreams and he was said to believe he was a prophet, and he ended his life as a Justice of the Peace!