Recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 & containing elements from across the ensuing centuries, including authentic Georgian box pews.

The church was probably originally dedicated to St Peter because the lands were originally endowed in the year AD666 from the Benedictine Abbey of St Peter in Chertsey. A Norman style church was built in 1266 of which only part of the Chancel remains. The rest of the Church was rebuilt in 1505 with various later additions, including a music gallery circa 1800. The church bell was cast in 1620. St. Peter’s Georgian box pews have survived in very few other churches. Families used to pay a fee to reserve their pew and at one time there were as many as seven duchesses in the congregation. The churchyard is the resting place of the explorer George Vancouver and the city named after him in Canada has contributed to the upkeep of St Peters.