Caversfield was originally in the county of Buckingham until, by Acts of 1832, it was transferred to Oxfordshire in 1844. There had been a 5-hide manor of Caversfield since before the Conquest, and in 1086 the manor was held by William of Warenne. The overlordship of the Earls of Warenne lasted until the beginning of the 14thc; William de Warenne's tenant in 1086 was Brienza. Caversfield was probably held in the 12thc. by the Gargate family who owned lands in Northamptonshire, in connexion with which the names of Hugh and Robert Gargate are mentioned in 1181-2. Roger Gargate gave the church to the Abbot and convent of Missenden, Bucks., confirmed by Hugh, his son. He and his heirs endowed Bicester Priory and are last mentioned in 1236 (VCH).
Caversfield tower has a ring of three bells, the earliest being the treble. Its date and dedication can be established by an inscription on the sound-bow as being given by Hugh Gargate in honor of St Lawrence in the late 12thc.
St Lawrence is in the benefice of Bicester with Bucknell, Caversfield and Launton.