Little Ness is a small village, 7 miles NW of Shrewsbury. The church, at the N end of the village centre, is a single-aisled building extensively restored in the 19thc, it retains some 12thc masonry, including a round-headed window on the interior of the N wall. The S doorway is 12thc, and a large head sculpture has been set above it. A 12thc font stands at the W end of the nave.

Little Ness was held by Siward in 1066 and by Sheriff Reginald in 1086. It was assessed at 3 hides, and had a mill and rendered 600 eels every year. The church was a chapel-of-ease of Baschurch. It became a parish church in 1911.