The Domesday Book refers to a priest with one and a half virgates (45 acres) of land. While churches are not always specifically mentioned in the Domesday Book, in all probability there was a church in Cradley. The Domesday Book also mentions 1200 acres in the parish owned by Hereford Cathedral. The prominent site at the top of a steep hill, the Anglo-Saxon stone in the tower wall, and the antiquity of yew trees in the churchyard all suggest an ancient a place of worship.

The present church dates from the early 12th Century (1100-1120). Over the years it has undergone many changes, both external and internal, and was substantially rebuilt in the period 1866-70 to plans drawn up by the famous Victorian architect Sir George Gilbert Scott.