The parish of Crostwight is located in northeastern Norfolk about 3 miles east of the market town of North Walsham. Crostwight has no village as such merely an area of farms and cottages in a dense network of parishes that exist between North Walsham and the nearby North Sea coast. Crostwight is a tiny settlement and, judging by the brevity of the transcript, was also so during the Victorian period. The parish contains Crostwight Hall and this is perhaps indicative that this was a closed parish with almost all land held by the lord of the manor who restricted access. The area is largely agricultural, most arable and oil seed, but a remnant remains of heathland on an area of poorer soils.

All Saints church sits almost aloof in the middle of fields and accessed only by unsurfaced tracks. The first thing that strikes you is the rather foreshortened tower, this was lowered as it was unsafe in the early 20th century and replaced with the shallow pyramidal top. Otherwise the church follows the standard nave, chancel and western tower pattern of many churches; the church, too, has a typical age being from the 14th century and largely in the Perpendicular style. There was a significant restoration in 1896 which replaced the eastern windows and the roofs.