Photograph by Carol Moule

There has been a church on the present site since 1062 and the present building was built between 1190 and 1500. The first Vicar was appointed in 1191, a document of the next year makes a reference to a church at Chew. The name has been Chew Magna since about 1600 because this has been the most important of the several villages along the banks of the river Chew. A detailed account of the church compiled by Ian L Durham M.B.E is available on the History pages.

Today, St Andrew's serves the community as a part of the Lakeside Group of Anglican Churches including Dundry, Norton Malreward, Chew Stoke and Nempnett Thrubwell and in partnership with the Baptist Church, whose chapel is in close proximity, and the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic church sited at the west end of the village.