 A small church, Christ Church, was built in 1860 to serve the tithing of Bulkington, in the east of the parish, which became a separate civil parish in the 1880s while remaining part of Keevil ecclesiastical parish.This connection was broken in 1971 when Bulkington was united with Seend parish.Keevil last had a resident vicar in 1970; from 1972 the benefice was held in plurality with Steeple Ashton.