Of the previous building alas we know little, though from the Archdeaconry records we know that it had a belfry, south aisle and a north chancel chapel. An extract from a document dated 1780 reveals that for some time the church had been "very ruinous and the same had been obliged to be taken down and rebuilt". (1)
The earliest indication of a church occurs in c.1200 when William, a parson of Ollerton, witnessed a land grant. By C18 the church was described as much delapidated and was rebuilt c. 1780. It is possible the absence of structural remains may indicate the church prior to c 1780 lay either largely along the same line or internal to the present ground plan. (2)
See M4129 for C18 church.

<1> Banks JA, An Outline History of St Giles and St Paulinus Churches, Ollerton, pp 5, 6 (Published document). SNT2586.

<2> TPAU, 2001, St. Giles Church, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire. A Report on the Watching Brief, February 2000. By Lee Elliott, pp 4, 6 (Unpublished document). SNT2474.