The earliest surviving parish records date from the late 17th century and are kept in the Gloucester Record Office. They list numerous burials in woollen shrouds. Another unusual feature is a list of ‘compositions’, or special collections for good causes elsewhere, for example in 1666 ‘for late sad fire in the City of London’. The churchwardens’ accounts for 1826 record the purchase of lime trees at a cost of 6 shillings. Six of these venerable trees are still standing in the avenue leading up to the church.