The earliest part of the church is the lower part of the tower built in a style known as transitional Norman and dated about 1200. The site is much older and the shape of the churchyard suggest an earlier pagan burying ground.

A mile to the south-west a complete pottery kiln of Roman date was found and is now in the Science Museum at South Kensington. Two miles to the north-west is the site of the Iron Age camp of Lowbury and just north of the village, along the crest of the Downs runs the Ridgeway, perhaps the oldest road in England. Aldworth, (Elleorde), is referenced in the Domesday Book.

In the C 13^th the Manor was held by the Norman family of de la Beche. This august family held land also in Swallowfield, Compton, Bradfield, Yattendon and a castle in Mortimer as well as the one in Aldworth! The effigies are popularly known as the Aldworth Giants. The nine effigies of this family all date from the first half of the C 14^th and are unique in the country. No other parish church contains anything like them. In fact, they take up the bulk of the church, though they are in poor condition.

The Jacobean pulpit came from St. Laurence church, Reading about the year 1740.

The parish has associations with Alfred Lord Tennyson and Laurence Binyon, whose ashes are buried by the beech hedge bounding the churchyard.

Two hundred yards north of the lych gate is the village centre where stands the Well, which being 372 feet deep, is one of the deepest in England. The public house opposite, The Bell, is an excellent hostelry.

Extracts from various church guides, un-named.