The Domesday Survey records that in 1066 'Enediorde' was held by the Bishop of Winchester, who administrator the manor also in 1086. In the same year, Enford was also under the lordship of Harold of Westlecott and William.
There was probably a church on the estate of the cathedral monks of Winchester at Enford in 1086. As mentioned in the Domesday Survey, it was possibly served by the priest who then held land, presumably for his support, within that estate. In the 12th and 13thc however the bishop's patronage was disputed by the convent of St. Swithun. The quarrel was resolved in 1284 when St. Swithun's finally acknowledged the bishop's right. A vicarage was ordained in 1270 and augmented in 1292. In 1291 the vicarage was assessed for taxation at £5. In 1290 the bishop granted the advowson of the rectory to the convent of St. Swithun, lords of the capital manor, who appropriated the church the following year.