"A church which may have originated as a chapel in the castle bailey. All that remains of the castle now is the Peel Hill across the road to the north of the church, with some foundations on its summit. Remains of several Norman windows can be seen in the chancel. The rest of the church is later medieval of several periods." (Ryder 1982, 97). In an unattributed and undated report in SMR318 the writer (probably Ryder), examines evidence for a pre-conquest origin for the nave walls, the most convincing part of the argument being the assessment that the 12th century arcades appear to have been cut through a pre-existing wall with a gap between the most easterly arches and the rest of the arcade explained as originating from an earlier porticus such as has been demonstrated at the Saxon churches of Laughton and Conisbrough.