[3] The church "serves a small and scattered parish of farms and cottage in the heart of the north Suffolk countryside.

The 'earliest visible craftmanship' dates from the 14th century, the church also served the Redlingfield Priory from 1120 onward, before being returned to the village following the Reformation.

[7] The Post Office Directory of 1865 stated 'The land is a rich loam, and is principally the property of Sir Robert Shafto Adair, who is lord of the manor, but there are a few other landed proprietors, namely, George Barber, Charles Clarke, Thomas Kerry...'[8] The area lies on a Boulder Clay Plateau, rising up to 56m above sea level.

[9] The area is relatively flat and is dominated by arable farming although it features one of suffolk's few collections of ancient woodland.

[11] The arrival of the 3,000 U.S. serviceman of 95th Bomb Group's B-17s at station 119 in neighbouring RAF Horham on 15 June 1943 swamped the corner of Suffolk.