[1] In the Domesday Book, Brinton is recorded as a settlement of 12 households in the hundred of Holt.

[9] Brinton Hall was built in 1822, on earlier foundations, in the Greek Revival style.

Brinton's parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew and is located on the junction between The Street and Stody Road, it dates in its earliest to the Fifteenth Century.

St. Andrew's also boasts stained-glass designed by A. L. Moore, Franz Mayer & Co. and Paul Quail.

The village's national constituency is North Norfolk, which has been represented by the Liberal Democrat Steff Aquarone MP since 2024.