Fragments of an Anglo-Saxon carved stone cross shaft were found in the foundations of the church in the 1890s. An estate at Minety was granted to
Malmesbury Abbey by
Æthelwulf in the 830s. This, together with the rectory estate, passed to
Salisbury diocese in 1270 and financed the
Archdeacon of Wiltshire. Apart from this, land around Minety was part of the royal manor of Cirencester in the 11th century, and the manor was given to
Cirencester Abbey in the early 12th century. Later owners included
George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers. The local clay is suitable for firing, fuelled by timber from the surrounding
Forest of Braydon, and there is evidence of Roman tile-making. 'Minety ware' produced in the 14th and 15th centuries was sold in the nearby towns; Other excavations have shown extensive Roman era ceramic material at
Brandier, particularly the fields surrounding Brandiers Farm. The settlement known today as Upper Minety developed around the parish church, where some 40 acres lay in Wiltshire. The rest of Minety lay in Gloucestershire, as a detached portion of
Crowthorne-with-Minety hundred, until the whole parish became part of Wiltshire under the
Reform Act 1832 and the
Detached Parishes Act 1844. Also in that century, a new settlement known as Lower Minety grew around the railway station. ==Governance==