"The village contains 5 farm groups, a number of cottages, a church, a school and a public house, but there are no shops and the settlement has no "village centre" in the traditional sense. A large proportion of the buildings are 17th or 18th century " (SCC 1976) Documentary records for Midhopestones first appear in the 13th century and record a manor with a large court house and a water-powered corn mill (ibid). The most notable building is the Church of St James featuring a date stone of 1705 but thought in parts to predate this. Fragmentary legibility for earlier settlement includes parts of the old courthouse, a cruck barn and a medieval grave cover to be found at the Oaks.