Oving church dates from the 13thc. and comprises a W tower, a wide, aisleless nave, N and S transepts, and a chancel. Somewhere in the church there is reported to be a reeded corbel of the type found at Clymping, South Bersted and Slindon (VCH vol II, 345).

Oving is not mentioned in the Domesday Book, but was part of the manor of Aldingbourne at that time. It constituted a prebend, which was held by the precentor of the cathedral, probably from the time of Bishop Ralph (1091-1123). The 13thc. church was restored in 1840 and 1881. During the 1881 restorations, old foundations, running three feet east of the tower arch, were uncovered. These were possibly the remains of a narrower, Norman nave. Many of the stones discovered at that time, including two chevron voussoirs, were reset in the present structure. According to Peat and Halsted (1912) the font is 'modern'; according to Harrison (1920), 13thc.

The chevron voussoirs appear to come from the same arch, but their exact provenance is not known. They probably date from the second quarter of the 12thc. The font is 13thc. in date, but continued the 12thc. regional tradition of bowls supported by columns.