Cuckney is a village about 7 miles S of Worksop on the River Poulter. The church consists of a dessed coursed rubble and ashlar building with a chancel with a S porch, a N nave with a N vestry and a W tower. Most of the fabric is 13thc and later. The building was extensively restored in 1667, in 1892 and, again, in 1907.

The Romanesque features are the N arcade, the piscina in the S wall of the Sanctuary and the S doorway.

Whilst there is no mention of a church in Domesday Book, 'Cuchenai' is listed as being in the ownership of Roger de Bully and Hugh son of Baldric. The church is built in the bailey of a 12thc castle with a motte to the W of the church. The castle was probably built by Thomas de Cuckney at the time of the Anarchy.

Nikolaus Pevsner remarks with regards to the mixed N arcade that it is similar to that at Rolleston.