 The first documentary reference of Noss Mayo was in 1286 as "Nesse Matheu".The manor here was held by Matheu son of John from 1284 to 1309.The village's church, dedicated to St. Peter, was built in 1880–1882 at the expense of Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke (head of the family firm of Barings Bank) to a design by James Piers St Aubyn.