The first mention of a vicar is in 1225, so a Church was here by then. The present building dates from the 13th and 14th centuries. Much restoration was carried out in the Victorian era in 1850 following the spire being struck by lightning, destroying much of the roof, organ and gallery on 25th April 1843. The windows on the South and East sides were completely shattered. One large fragment of stone was found 65 yards north of the church.

The church is famous for its monuments. Pevsner says "The church contains nine important monuments and several of them are of outstanding value".

The finest of the Harington monuments is the Kelway monument in the south transept. The most impressive of all the monuments is at the East end of the north transept, commemorating Baptist, Viscount Campden, his four wives and nineteen children. It is one of the few works executed in marble by Grinling Gibbons, and was completed in 1683 at a cost of £1,000, a great sum of money at that time.

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