St Mary's Priory Church in the village was founded as a Gilbertine Priory in the 12th century. A church had previously existed in the village as recorded in the Domesday Book, but it is believed that this was damaged when Thurstan of Bayeaux (then Archbishop of York) burned the village to the ground in 1138 after the Battle of the Standard. Eustace Fitz-John, the local landowner, donated the damaged church to the Gilbertine order and they rebuilt the church as a priory.
St Mary's Priory Church in the village was founded as a monastic community by the Gilbertines in the 12th century. A previous church had been recorded in the Domesday Book, but it is thought to have been destroyed when Thurstan of Bayeaux, then Archbishop of York, razed the village in 1138 following the Battle of the Standard. Eustace Fitz-John, a local landowner, presented the damaged church to the Gilbertines, who rebuilt it as a priory.