 There was a Roman villa nearby, and Roman bricks are still visible in the church walls.The Cathedral records of Ely in 680 state that Seaxburh of Ely (Queen Sexburga, Abbess of Minster in Sheppey) left her 'life' at the doors of 'Mylton' Church.This should not be taken to mean she died, but that she left her secular life by taking the veil as a nun.