Yetminster is a village about four miles SW of of Sherborne on the River Wriggle. The church lies to the S of the village, but the late 12thc structure no longer survives except for what appear to be the footings to the earlier chancel extending about two-thirds of the way along and beneath the present chancel, dated to c.1300. The remainder of the existing church comprises a nave, a N and a S aisle, a S porch and a W tower, all built between c.1460-70. The only surviving Romanesque sculpture is found on a base of a font located in the W wall of the S aisle.

The Domesday Survey records that in 1066 ‘Etiminstre’ was a possession of the cathedral of Salisbury, although no church is mentioned there. The manor valued £26. Yetminster was divided into four prebends: Yetminster Episcopi, held by the Bishop of Salisbury, and Yetminster Prima, Secunda and Ecclesia, the latter containing the church and parsonage, held by the canons of that cathedral.