The present church of All Saints, rebuilt in 1778, stands on the site of a much earlier church, fragments of old masonry in the footings of the south wall and the old tower may possibly be the remains of such. In 1630, Burton writes in his perambulation of Leicestershire," the arms of the de Culey family were cut into several large escutcheons of stone". All Saints Ratcliffe Culey, a chapel of ease of Sheepy Magna, was also founded by the de Culeys and this building can be clearly dated 1320 - 1380 therefore the church at Sheepy must pre-date this period. In the many documents that survive, relating to the Sheepy manors after 1150, there is no documentary evidence relating to the de Culeys raising the prospect that the original church may well of been of a much earlier date than 1150.

The footprint of the present church described by the position of the tower and the east wall of the chancel likely matches that of the original building, the original chancel would have been considerably larger than the present one. Nothing remains of the contents of the old church, monuments and armorial glass all systematically erased from the scene in the rebuilding. We are indebted to Burton who catalogued the presence of the old families reproduced by Nicholls in 1801.

Nicholls used an etching of 1791 in his History of  Leicestershire, reproduced here,  note the absence of the north aisle which was added in 1859 to increase the seating capacity by 163. Also the old rectory is clearly visible, this substantial building of considerable antiquity  was replaced in 1856. The Victorian rectory, now a private house, was again replaced in the 1960's by a modern vicarage in whose grounds the foundations of the original rectory have recently been discovered. Also in 1859 a porch was added replacing the original entrance to the church via the west wall of the tower, replaced now by widows the entrance can still clearly be seen. A curious recess below this new window contains the only surviving effigy from the medieval church, a monk in prayer, removed to this position when the north aisle was added.

The memorials in the church today are dominated by the Fell family who presided over the rectory virtually uninterrupted from 1768 till 1888. Other memorials relate to the Lowe family who held the manor in the 19^th century and were the owners of nearby Sheepy Parva mill, the Wollaston family from Shenton Hall who owned Sheepy Lodge again in the 19^th century. The fine east window is dedicated to Catherine Wollaston who married into the Hanmer family of Grendon and the beautiful Reredos of alabaster and caen stone is also dedicated to her. The fine east window in the north aisle is dedicated to her daughter.

The four windows of the south aisle are little known but important examples of pre-raphaelite ecclesiastical art. Follow the link (Stained Glass) above for a detailed description.

The tower contains a a very fine peal of six bells :-
The first and second by Pack and Chapman inscribed - "Francis Gadsby and Thomas Smith Churchwardens 1778"
The third inscription is illegible
The fourth dated 1607
The fifth "God save the Queen ------ 1601"
The sixth added in 1911 was the gift of Mary and Alice Lowe.