At the time when Jesus was in Palestine, an Iron Age tribe was living in Plush. They left the earthworks of their fort on Nettlecombe Tout for all time. Only the badgers live in their earth bank now and it must have been home for untold generations of them.

The Anglo Saxons were here a thousand years later and the valley was important enough to them for King Alfred to grant the lands of Plush to Earl Berthulf by charter dated 891 AD. Perhaps the isolated farmsteads were already established; their church was built within sight of Nettlecombe Tout (and remained until 1847). The boundaries in that Charter are recognisable to this day; some are still in use for defining the constituency boundary.

A twisting lane climbs up from Piddletrenthide and the Piddle Valley, winding past the disused brick surge chimney at Fish Angle, Plush ‘Harbour’ and the Cricket pitch, home of Plush Cricket Club.

The Brace of Pheasants pub makes a focal point to the hamlet which combines a number of older cob and thatched cottages, brick and flint properties with slate roofs and the most recent cul-de-sac development on the former orchid farm where a variety of traditional materials have been used. With houses and cottages arranged informally, the wooded gardens of the Manor House and the paddock now increasingly used for village events, creates a sense of space.

Along the lane towards Mappowder, the former church of St John the Baptist, now privately owned, is used as a concert hall and recording studio. A combination of retired and working, full time and part-time residents occupy the 22 village dwellings and outlying farms against the sounds of village and agricultural life.