The village is close to the source of the River Blyth and the parish is 12 miles from the seaside town of Southwold.

Nearby settlements include the town of Halesworth and the villages of Walpole, Heveningham, Cookley and Laxfield.

In 1870–72 John Marius Wilson described Huntingfield as,"a village and a parish in Blything district, Suffolk.

[5] Nowadays Huntingfield has remained a rural parish and covers a large area that is sparsely populated.

[9] The church of St Mary is a fine example of East Anglian late Medieval work.

Holland painted the Chancel roof in the style of the 15th century and during her work, the church was closed for eight months from September 1859 to April 1860.

[14] This is evident as the census from 2011 showed the most common mode of transport to work was by car or a van.

[17] The bar chart shows the types of occupations of the population of Huntingfield and the number of men and women employed in each sector.

This type of occupation included employment as a gardener, indoor servant or washing and bathing services.

[19] This is evident, as even today in relation to the map representing the area of Huntingfield the majority of land is agricultural, and of green space.

The parish is sited on the eastern edge of the high Suffolk claylands, where the heavy soils make it ideal for farming.

[20] Despite a variety of employment shown in the graph, it appears the majority of the population in Huntingfield relied heavily on agriculture as a source of income during this time.