[3] There is a reference to the church of St Benet's of Hulme, and the people mentioned include Esger the staller and Geoffrey Baynard.

[5] At the time of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, the area of North Walsham was "the cradle, the supreme fortress, and the tomb of the Norfolk rebels", generating surveys of households, and Crostwight is one of the few places for which complete records survive.

According to William White's Gazetteer of 1845:[7] CROSTWIGHT parish, 4 miles (6.4 km) E. of North Walsham, has only 69 souls, and 777 acres (3.14 km2) of land, mostly the property of Martin James Shepheard, Esq., of the North Walsham and Crostwight Hall, a large old mansion near the ruin of the ancient manor house, which was a seat of the Walpoles.

Mr Shepheard is Lord of the Manor, and patron of the church (All Saints') which is a rectory, valued in the King's Book at £5.

It had 74 inhabitants in 1881, and comprises 777 acres (3.14 km2) of land, mostly the property of Mrs Anna Maria Shepheard, of North Walsham, who is also lady of the manor.

Crostwight Hall, a large old mansion near the ruins of the ancient manor house, which was a seat of the Walpole and Le Groos families, is occupied by Mr Frederick Gibbs.

The CHURCH (All Saints) is a small rubble building, comprising nave, chancel, south porch, and short square tower with one bell.

It is of the early Decorated period and retains its elegant rood-loft screen, from which, however, all traces of painting are obliterated.

There are some fragments of stained glass in the windows; and on the bosses of the roof the heads of a king and queen may still be seen.

John Bartholomew Vale, M.A., who has a good residence, 13½ acres of glebe, and a yearly rent-charge of £150, awarded in 1838 in lieu of tithes.At the time of the 1841 census, the surnames recorded for Crostwight are Atkins, Bacon, Burton, Cinlon, Colman, Crowe, Flowerday, Frary, Furnace, Hubbard, Lane, Jarvis, Mays, Salmon, Reed, Shephard, Webster and Wright.

Sir Peter Roscelyn was lord and patron: the rector had a manse and 20 acres (81,000 m2) of land, and was valued at 5 l. - Peter-pence 5d.

Its massive tower of flint and local stone was reduced in height in 1910, after ivy had made part of it unsafe, and the bells were hung lower.

[18] Another painting shows two women approaching the gates of Heaven, with an angel to greet them and a devil watching from below.

Sir Nikolaus Pevsner suggests that this is a warning against gossip, and it has also been compared to a church painting at Swanbourne which is an allegory of penitent and unpenitent souls.

[12] In June 1848, The Gentleman's Magazine noted that Dawson Turner had exhibited to the Society of Antiquaries "two sets of drawings, illustrative of the fresco paintings, and other ancient remains, in the parish churches of Gateley and Crostwight, in the county of Norfolk.

[23] The Strangers' Hall Museum at Norwich has an unusual survival from the mid-19th century: an anonymous St Valentine's Day card dated and postmarked 1862, said by the museum to be addressed to "Miss Jenny Lowe [query Love], Crostwight Hall, Smallburgh, Norfolk".

The coloured card is embossed with couples, cherubs and roses, and in the middle is a silver bird on a silk panel.

On the pictorial side of the card are the printed words "My dearest Miss, I send thee a kiss", and on the other is written by hand "Good Morrow Valentine".

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