 A monastery, Colne Priory, was founded in the parish by Aubrey de Vere I in about 1103-4 and was dedicated to St. Mary and St. John the Evangelist for monks of the Benedictine order from Abingdon Abbey, Berkshire.The monastery was surrendered to Henry VIII of England by Robert Abel, the prior, on 3 July 1534.The parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew.