400 to 350 million years BC The Devonian ORS the Old Red Sandstone, which gives the characteristic colour to the local soil, and provides the stone for the older buildings in the parish
700,000 BC to 8,500 BC The paleolithic hentland the Paleolithic, the Old Stone age. The later part of this long period was characterise by a series of Ice Ages.
8,500 BC to 4,000 BC The mesolithic hentland After the ice finally retreated, about eight and a half thousand years ago, humans spread very thinly over the landscape, hunting the animals which grazed on the newly-formed vegetation.
4,000 BC to 2,400 BC The neolithic hentland The first farmers probably appeared in the area in the neolithic period. A characteristic tool was the stone axe, like this one found at Harewood End
2,500 BC to 750 BC The bronze age hentland The first metalworking and the spread of farming settlements
750 BC to 70 AD The iron age hentland Iron age hill forts and the Dobunni people
70 AD to 400 AD The Romano British period hentland For 400 years Britannia was a Roman province
410 AD to 1042 AD Early medieval hentland the period between the withdrawal of the legions and the accession of Edward the Confessor
1042 AD to 1485 AD High medieval hentland Edward the Confessor to Richard III
1200 AD to 1300 AD 13th century hentland Main body of church built; Gillow Manor
1300 AD to 1400 AD 14th century hentland churchyard cross and west tower built
1700 AD to 1850 AD post-medieval agriculture scythe agriculture in the 17th and 18th centuries
1800 AD to 1900 AD 19th century seddon Seddon's restoration 1853
1800 AD to 1900 AD 19th century tiles The chancel tiling 1865
1900 AD to 2000 AD 20th century hentland oral history; village and church life during and after World War II