The predecessor of the church, dedicated to St Ffraed (Bridget) of Irish origin in the C14th, began in the C9th with records of a rebuild in 1690. By the mid C19th the building was in a ruinous state and was completely rebuilt in 1884/5 paid for by Mr J P Holford of Buckland House. Behind the church is the grave of the celebrated metaphysical poet Henry Vaughan who died in 1695.