The parish of Bircham Newton lies in northwestern Norfolk about 6 miles southeast of the seaside resort of Hunstanton. Bircham Newton is a tiny place of a few houses a mile north of its larger neighbour, Great Bircham, which sits on the B1153 road heading towards Docking. Bircham Newton consists of a few properties along that road together with a large expanse of arable farmland dominated by the presence of the The National Construction College residing on a former World War 2 airfield. At the time of this transcript Bircham Newton would have been little more than a hamlet of 100 souls but separate and distinct from Great Bircham. Modern farming techniques and the removal of hedgerows have brought a prairie-like aspect to this corner of north Norfolk where vast fields of cereals today dominate the landscape. In the past the chalky hills hereabouts would have seen sheep pastures amid the cereals.

All Saints' church sits on the eastern side of the B1153, a busy and quite narrow road so parking is difficult, a walk from safer parking may be needed. The presence of the lancet windows in the basal stage of the western tower, as you approach along the access track, indicates the origins in the 12th century and the Early English Gothic style. The chancel arch, often the oldest part of a church and a base from which construction expanded, confirms this date of the mid 12th century. Turning to the remainder of the chancel we see evidence of renewal and rebuild at the end of the 13th century with intersecting tracery of the Decorated style confirming that era. Unlike Pevsner he mentions an extensive Victorian restoration but neglects to give a date or the perpetrators. The churchyard sits close by the road with low hedging keeping it separate, a metal gate leads to a roughly surfaced track which climbs through the churchyard which, today, is left to wildlife. There are no photographic obstacles impeding aspects of this church.