East Tuddenham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Tuda's homestead or village.

[3] During the First World War, RAF Mattishall was located in the parish of East Tuddenham and was used as a night-landing airfield for aircraft of No.

East Tuddenham's parish church is located on Norwich Road and dates from the Thirteenth Century.

The church also possesses good examples of Twentieth Century stained glass, particularly depictions of Faith, Hope and Charity by Leonard Walker as well as other pieces from workshops in Flanders and a set of royal arms from the reign of King Charles I.

East Tuddenham's war memorial is a wooden plaque with the names of the fallen carved into it located inside All Saints' Church.