It is first documented in 1200 when Bishop Hugh's body rested overnight at the church while on the way to Lincoln.
It is notable for being the birthplace of Saint Hugh of Lincoln (1130s), and for the Tour d'Avallon, a tower in the village.
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While abbot, he continued the building of the abbey's church, and Pope Honorius III named him to a commission with Stephen Langton the Archbishop of Canterbury and William de Cornhill the Bishop of Coventry to investigate the possible canonization of Hugh of Lincoln.