The allotments over an area of seven acres in the village of Wellesbourne date from Victorian times and are attended by 97 gardeners.
The village, near Stratford-upon-Avon, has seen hundreds of homes built in recent years as part of a district-wide plan to build 565 new houses every year until 2031. The building boom has troubled villagers, who say the local school is nearly oversubscribed and that the GP's surgery is at "breaking point".
Now, the Diocese of Coventry wants to offer the allotment land to a developer to build housing. The diocese has said it will provide alternative allotment sites but many gardeners have said they are too old to start again, and that those who have spent small fortunes on their plots would lose out.
An estimated 130 villagers attended a recent parish council meeting to express concern at the plans. The majority of the anger was directed at the diocese, which has been accused of entering into secret talks to build 50 homes on the land without consulting the allotment association.
Terry Welch, 72, who has had a plot for seven years, said he was "absolutely disgusted" that they faced being turfed out by the church.
He added: "Especially the church....do they want the money?"
A spokesman for the diocese of Coventry said: "Any application for planning would be dependent on suitable alternative land for allotments being provided, to which end the diocesan board of finance's agents have already made contact with the Wellesbourne Allotments Association."
The Church of England has come under pressure to offload some of its 105,000 acres to help to solve the chronic shortage of affordable housing.