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Colerne church has nave arcades that date from around 1200 (south) and the early 13thc (north). The chancel dates from the 13thc but was altered in the 19thc. The west tower dates from the 15thc. The church was restored in c.1854 and 1877 by Wilson, Willcox and Wilson of Bath. The only Romanesque sculpture is a c.1200 figure of a saint in a niche, set into the north wall of the nave.
In 1086, Humphrey de L'Isle held Colerne. Before the Conquest it had been in the hands of Leofnoth, under whom it had paid geld for 10 hides. Its worth remained unchanged at £10.
Frances Arnold-Forster, Studies in Church Dedications: or, England’s Patron Saints, Volume 3, London 1899, 92.
E.W. Godwin. 'An account of the church of St John the Baptist, Colerne' Wilts Arch and Nat Hist 3 1857 358-366
Historic England listing 1022922
N. Pevsner and B. Cherry, The Buildings of England: Wiltshire. Harmondsworth 1975, 2nd edition, 185-186.
