The church of St Paul, Bentley, was opened in 1880 as a chapel of ease to serve the north end of the parish. The vicar Charles Belli, gave £20,000, and Octavius Coope, M.P., of Rochetts gave £2,000 to build and endow it, while the site on Bentley common, was given by Christopher J. H. Tower of Weald Hall. A separate parish was formed in 1951, the advowson of the vicarage being vested in the bishop.