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The nave of the church dates from 1130 when Roger de Busli of Tickhill was Lord of the Manor, the village takes its name from Ralph Salvain, a knight who lived here in 1284.

This modern church was built on the new Clifton Estate, Nottingham, mainly by voluntary labour.

Situated in open countryside on the north bank of the River Witham, the parish derives its name from a spring which sends water to the nearby River Witham.

Imposing church set at the top of the Witham valley.

An early record of a church at Beeston records its appropriation to the Cluniac priory of Lenton between 1231 and 1267.

The present day church of St Michael & All Angels is in a very different form to the original building but remains a holy place of great beauty.

Although the first reference to a church here is from the early 12th century the oldest parts of the church date from the 13th century.

The first service for the Wesleyan Methodists in this building was held in November 1899.

Surrounded by its beautiful, historic and thousand year old churchyard, the ancient church is one of the oldest in Lincolnshire.