At the time of Edward the Confessor, Hilmarton, then worth 15s, was held by Eskil. The Domesday Survey records it worth 30s and belonging to Enrulf of Hesdin. There was a mill, 6 acres of meadow, 1 acre of pasture and 6 of woodland. No church is mentioned. The church is first mentioned in 1291, when valued for taxation by Pope Nicholas (VCH, IX, 61).