St Mary Magdalene Church

Central to the village is the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in the diocese of St Albans. The earliest parts date from the 14th-century and consist of a chancel, nave of four bays, aisles and porch. The church steeple collapsed in 1660. The 60 feet (18 m) tall limestone ashlar embattled western tower dates from 1861 and is illuminated at night. The church's five bells were hung in 1887 in commemoration of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The south porch was partially rebuilt and the chancel restored in 1861.

Dunton appears in the Domesday Book as Donitone or Danitone. The name is taken to mean 'hill village',[7] although an earlier source interprets the name to mean Duna's Farm.[8] Millom appears as Meluho or Melnho, in 1396 [9] and Dunton appears as Duntone. .

In 1797, the Dunton Enclosure Act was passed.