The parish of Little Barningham lies in northeastern Norfolk roughly 6 miles northwest of the market town of Aylsham and a similar distance southeast of Holt. Little Barningham is a small and compact village sitting within a broad area devoid of significant numbered roads, it sits just east of the lane that runs from Saxthorpe towards Sheringham. Like most such small villages in the county Little Barningham's economy was geared towards arable farming, a small stretch of heath disturbing what was essentially an area of cereals, root crops and today oil-seed Little Barningham sits within the shallow valley of a small tributary of the River Bure giving a little variation in altitude to the otherwise routine Norfolk landscape. Little Barningham was once a little more important, granted a market and fair by King Edward 1st it never really grew to the small market town that its landowners had as an ambition, its entry within Domesday Book also showed a more substantial community of 23 ploughs, 5 mills and a population sufficient to place it amongst the largest 40% of settlements recorded within that tome.

St Andrew's church sits on the northern side of The Street at the eastern end of the village. Whilst St Andrew has its origins in the 15th century it has been heavily restored by the Victorians and dating detail back to the original build is somewhat lacking. Historic England's description when listing the building only notes a stone plinth in the tower, a window in the southern porch and internal fittings as being recognisably 15th century. The style throughout is Perpendicular and that is typical of that century. Two significant campaigns of restoration as noted by Pevsner, the first, focused on the chancel, in the late 1870s was followed by similar treatment to the nave a couple of decades later. The church sits on a little knoll elevated considerably above road level with a rising pathway from the western end of the site up to the churchyard. The churchyard is ample in size and has no obstructions to photography.