 In 1885 "Kelly’s" noted that the village was in the ecclesiastical parish of Holbeach Marsh, that a school for 72 children was about to be built, that its area was of , and had an 1881 population of 743.The hamlet's chapel of ease, dedicated to St Matthew, was built 1868-69 by Ewan Christian in Early English style, and was capable of holding 110 persons.It is constructed of brick, has a combined nave and chancel, a south porch, and an east of nave turret with bell.