The parish of Methwold lies in the extreme southwest of Norfolk close to the border with Cambridgeshire and sitting within Norfolk's share of The Fens. Methwold is located about 6 miles north of the Suffolk market town of Brandon and sits on the B1112 road which connects Stoke Ferry with the Suffolk town of Mildenhall. Methwold was once big enough to merit a market but that status has declined to that of a large village. Methwold parish is one of the largest in the county, the area consisting of a mixture of Fenland & Breckland would have had a varied economy underpinned by the usual arable farming but including grazing, warrenries as well as the wildfowling, thatch reed harvesting and other activities of the watery Fens. A local industry which merits mention was the exploitation of the flint-rich soils for the manufacture of flints for lighters and other generators of sparks.

St George's church forms the centre of the village set within a Y shaped junction formed by Crown & Globe Streets. The church is a rarity within its county, one of the few with a steeple, the steeple rises some 120 feet making it a landmark in this flat area of the county. The church is almost totally Perpendicular in style with just a single window of the earlier Decorated period, the eastern window. Whilst the style is Perpendicular Pevsner is light on actual dating, the only mention being that the northern aisle was "under construction" in 1440, an early 15th century date seems consistent with the architecture of much of the church. The church sits behind a neat local flint wall with entrance chiefly from Crown Street. Given the dimensions of the church and the proximity of the adjoining properties of Crown Street it is impossible to create an adequate landscape portrait without resorting to distortion.