The `old church at Æstlea' is mentioned in the Ducklington charter of 958, and the parson of Estle witnessed a grant by one of the lords of Ducklington in about 1210; these references are evidently to Cokethorpe church. Until the late 13thc. it seems to have been regarded as an independent parish church, but its status declined thereafter and by the mid 16thc. it was merely a semi-abandoned chapel-of-ease of Ducklington. It is now the chapel of Cokethorpe School.