Unlike many churches in Sussex, North Stoke Church was not restored during the 19th century,[REF] although Philip Mainwaring Johnston undertook some work in 1910[REF] and the east window in the chancel is a modern replacement [REF].
In late 2007 two amateur archaeologists on an ecclesiastical archaeology course at the University of Sussex unexpectedly found an ancient document giving the dedication of the church, which had been unknown since the English Reformation or before [REF].