The Domesday Survey of 1086 records for Brailsford a priest and half a church. The only other local mention of half a church is for its neighbour Ednaston. This implies that a Saxon church was built at the joint expense of the Saxon lords of the two manors, Earl Wallef and Tochi, and shared between them. This would explain its remote position approximately halfway between the two manorial villages. At the time of Domesday, Brailsford Manor was in the hands of the Norman Henry De Ferrers and held under him by Elfin, the Saxon ancestor of the ancient Brailsford family. That there was a Saxon church in the time of King Edward the Confessor is probable because of the surviving stump of the mid 11th century carved stone cross in the churchyard near the south porch.
     Brailsford Manor was sold in 1777 but not the Rectory or advowson, the living remaining in the gift of the Ferrers family at least until 1877. The Reverend Thomas Boultbee was undoubtedly appointed to the living because of his connection with the Ferrers family through his marriage to Lucy Shirley.
     The nave of the church is basically Norman, the tower being inserted into the westernmost bay later, about 1500. The south aisle, chancel arch and chancel are 14th century, circa 1300-1320, though the north side of the chancel arch is supported on a Norman pillar. The south aisle windows are, however, of the same period as the tower and it is likely that some restoration also took place about 1870 when the chancel was restored. The removal or covering up of the Boultbee memorial slabs in the chancel floor must have taken place then, (i.e. long after TPB's visit) the original floor being completely covered with typical Victorian encaustic tiles which are still there.
     The old stone-built Rectory is about a quarter of a mile from the church, and is now a private house. It has a large garden, probably the same size as it was in Thomas's time.