The land on which Cawdor Uniting Church stands was once part of the Macarthur estates.As early as 1804 there was a slab hut on this site for the use of the Government Herdsman, whose job it was to watch over the Colony's herd of wild cattle. The herd had built up from the few cattle that had strayed in 1788 and were discovered in 1795 by a party led by Governor Hunter.
In 1819 a house was built for the stock superintendent with room to accommodate Governor Macquarie on his southbound journeys. The site of this house was in front of and to the left of the present church.
The first church was built here in 1850 with the first burials in the cemetery taking place c.1853. The church as it appears today is the result of rebuilding the original church and dates c.1880.
In 1855 the Cawdor Wesleyan Trust received 1 acre 19 perches from James and William Macarthur.
The church is still in use and the cemetery is the resting-place for many early settlers and their descendants.