The parish of Foulsham lies in eastern central Norfolk about midway between the city of Norwich and the market town of Fakenham and alongside the A1067 road which connects them, albeit Foulsham sits about a mile to its north. Foulsham is a large village, formerly itself a market town which is largely built around a crossroads of lanes, the village retains all of its many facilities and is still a substantial one today. Foulsham suffered a major disaster in 1770 as a fire largely destroyed most of the buildings and severely damaged Holy Innocents church too. The village centre was, therefore, rebuilt almost as a set piece immediately after that event. Foulsham sits in a slight dip in the rather flat plateau like landscape hereabouts where a small tributary of the River Wensum has cut a shallow course, all around are large arable fields. Foulsham is still large enough to have attracted some light industry and thus escapes the commuter fate of many of Norfolk's villages.

Holy Innocents church sits on the eastern side of the main north/south running lane and just north of the main village crossroads. Unfortunately when rebuilding Foulsham the site was rather cramped into a narrow oblong with its short edge to the road making for a tricky photography subject given its rather tall Perpendicular western tower. The church has, as described, had a chequered existence and was said to be damaged severely in the fire of 1770. Pevsner points out that their are features which date the northern arcade to the 13th century and a wealth of documentary evidence can date most of the Perpendicular features to a period spanning 1470 to 1520. He does, however, note that the detail is not "wholly trustworthy" due to the extensive repairs and repeated restorations that have been made.