Limpenhoe was a small farming community lying in the Yare valley between Norwich & Great Yarmouth. Until the coming of the railway this was a very remote area devoted to farming and the use of the marsh for reed, willows and the wildfowl and fish it supported. The occupation of the fathers listed clearly show this dependance upon farming and the support of the same.

St Botolph's church is largely a Victorian edifice having been almost rebuilt in 1882. There are sufficient remaining traces of the earlier 15th century structure to indicate the style of the previous church