The parish of Croxton lies in southern Norfolk about 2 miles north of the ancient town of Thetford. Croxton sits about a mile north of Thetford's bypass, the A11 road linking Norwich with London. Croxton is a linear village with almost all properties lining a lane heading north from the A11 into the extensive forests of Breckland. This is an area of extensive glacial deposits giving poor soils unsuitable for normal arable agriculture, as a consequence grazing of sheep and, in particular, rabbits formed the mainstays of the economy. The parish was characterised by an extensive managed warrenry where rabbits were bred for the table. A notable local industry was also carried out, namely the production of flints for the production of sparks in early fire & cigarette lighters. Today much of the parish is covered in extensive managed forestry, the few arable fields being heavily fertilised to make production worthwhile. Remnants of the glacial period also provide natural attractions, the shallow bowl of the "Devil's Punchbowl and its attendant "pingoes", including Fowl Mere, being collapsed features formed in peri-glacial times and important wildlife havens today.

All Saints' church sits towards the southern end of the village on the eastern side of its lane. The presence of a round tower immediately alerts to an early church in Norfolk and Croxton doesn't disappoint, the basal round portion is 12th century Norman Romanesque in style albeit topped by a 14th century polygonal top stage. Whilst the tower may be an early feature much else is typical of a Norfolk church and largely Decorated in style. The windows of both nave & chancel show features enabling Pevsner to assign a date of c1300 despite renewal whilst the eastern window he dates to 40 years later. Of later date are the arcade of 3 bays which is Perpendicular and 14th century whilst the clerestory is a Tudor feature rather than being from that period. A typical Victorian restoration of 1856 was followed in 1884 by a more thorough example, the chancel & southern aisle being rebuilt during that later phase. Croxton's lane, The Street, is narrow but is used for church parking, the church sits raised above road level with rising paths ramping up to the churchyard from both north & south. Curiously the church sits almost flush with the western edge and that tower rather looms above the roadway, otherwise there are no obstacles for the photographer.