Little has been found from the Iron Age, or the Roman or Saxon periods, but there are plentiful medieval remains.

The noted church architect Richard Phipson restored it in 1876, adding "pinnacles with little flying buttresses" and reworking the chancel.

Homersfield railway station, on the Waveney line and in the parish of Alburgh, opened in 1860 and closed in 1953.

[9] John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales wrote in 1870–72: "ALBURGH, a parish in Depwade district, Norfolk; on an affluent[10] of the river Waveney, near the Bungay railway, 3½ miles NNE of Harleston.

"[11] The civil parish with hamlets of Piccadilly Corner and Alburgh Street has an area of 6.42 sq.

[14] Alburgh is on the route 84 Konectbus service between Norwich and Harleston, which runs in daytime, Monday to Friday.

[19] Alburgh has two general stores, a brewery in Tunbeck Road,[20] an ice cream maker,[21] and garment-printers.

They are listed as: Furthermore, the plaque commemorating the Second World War holds the following names: http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Alburgh