 This 'new' church (1870s) replaced a much older church sited adjacent to Highclere Castle, and parish records go back to pre-Norman times.There is a pub, the "Red House", a flourishing village hall and a private junior ('Prep') school, Thorngrove.The church parish is part of the North West Hampshire Benefice (with Ashmansworth, Crux Easton, East Woodhay and Woolton Hill).