[2] The ancient parish of Little Burstead was located in Barstable Hundred and was joined to Billericay Rural District when that was established in 1894.

With an electorate at 1 June 2011 of 327, the Parish Council meets bi-monthly at Little Burstead Village Hall[6].

The walls of the church are built of ragstone rubble and of puddingstone (a conglomerate of pebbles in a siliceous matrix found locally) with limestone and brick dressing.

The round stones on either side of the porch are probably the base of a churchyard calvary.

The road that now leads to the church probably did not exist at the time it was built; the main route from Billericay ran from Tye Common, through Wiggins Lane, across to Hatches Farm Road and up Botney Hill towards Herongate.