The site of the medieval church is to be found within the grounds of Minto House, which was built for Gllbert Elliot, Lord Minto, c. 1738-43. Repairs of the church at Minto were carried out at various times after the Reformation, with extensive work being undertaken in 1767. At that time, there seems to have been part of a pointed arch surviving. The old parish church at Minto was taken down in 1831, when the parish church moved to a new site. The old site, organised into a small walled cemetary, was incorporated into gardens for Minto house. in 1893, James Robson recorded that a number of carved stones were arranged along the lines of the foundations of the church. By 1983-4, however, the stones left on the site had become overgrown. A team then carried out substantial clearance along with some excavations, and certain records and photographs were made. No stones from a pointed arch were recovered, but a number of grave covers and medieval carved stones were found. Some of the carved stones from the old site have been deposited inside the tower of the present church (see Ruberslaw Church) and others remain on site. Minto House, itself, was demolished in 1992-3.

The church is not mentioned in the Glasgow Diocese inquisiition of about 1116. The first mention of it appears in Baiamond's Roll of 1275. Following this, in 1296, William of Wodeburn, parson of the church of 'Myntowe' is mentioned. In 1326, on two different occasions, the bishop of Glasgow met with monks from Melrose in the church of 'Myntow'. Then, in 1374, Edward III sanctioned an exchange of churches between the parsons of the churches at 'Yetham' and 'Mynto'. Patrick Mason was parson in 1488 and George Panton in 1509. Little is know about the history of the church, itself, especially during the medieval period.

The three sawtoothed stones on top of the E wall of the burial enclosure match both the design and height measurements of the single, straight stone with sawtooth design kept in the ground-floor area of the tower of the later church built at the eastern end of the village. RCAHMS mentions in volume two of the inventory for Roxburghshire that there were two 'mask' corbels on site, but these were not found when the site was visited. There are, however, two corbels kept in the tower of the 18thc church, but these have no 'masks' carved on them (see: Ruberslaw Church).