A church has been on the site since 1058 and the first stone building was mentioned in the Doomsday book in 1086. Subsequent remodelling and additions occurred throughout its history including the installation of four bells, gifted by Francois Cacott, who was the Rector for 53 years. In 1897 two further bells and a clock were donated by Edwin and Henry Peters to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. During the Battle of Britain, on 23 August 1940, the east window and part of the chancel roof were destroyed by a bomb, by 1947, this had been repaired. The church sits beside the river Medway and the appositely named, Rectory Wharf, where barges loaded and unloaded goods for the village.
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