The church of St Peter is half the way up the north part of The Street.

[3] In 1086 it was described as "Gretingeham" or "Gretingaham" in the Domesday Book and located in the old Hundred of Loes.

[5] Six bells are hung in the tower for change ringing with the heaviest weighing 7 cwt-2qr-23lb, and the oldest dating from about 1416 cast by Richard Baxter of Norwich, the tower is affiliated to the Suffolk Guild of Ringers.

[8] During renovation work on a hunting lodge near Aldeburgh in 1996, a carpenter uncovered a plank of wood revealing a chilling pencilled message: "A fearful murder was committed the first day of this month (October 1887) at Cretingham.

[10] Cretingham Primary School closed in the early 1960s (Miss Last being the final teacher).