The parish of Roydon (here given the suffix "by Lynn" to distinguish it from Norfolk's other Roydon, the latter being near Diss) lies in western Norfolk about 6 miles northeast of the port of King Lynn. Roydon is located about 1 miles south of the A148 road which connects Kings Lynn through to Fakenham and sits on the eastern edge of its eponymous common. Today Roydon is very much a commuter settlement for the nearby port town and has largely grown to merge with nearby Grimston & Pott Row to form a substantial settlement. In the past this was a small farming community with a large portion of its area devoted to common or heathland, "for the use of the poor". Today that heath, situated on a narrow bed of carrstone, is a wildlife sanctuary for both breeding and wintering birds and the walks across it are a major draw for the area. At the time of this transcript it was a small community of fewer than 200 souls and the population would have been dependent upon a mixture of both arable & pastoral farming with a few rabbits & sheep grazing the heath.

All Saints' church sits almost a half mile north of the main village centre on the lane leading to Roydon Hall. Whilst the church was a mixture of Norman & Decorated styles it was, however, substantially rebuilt in 1857 with the former style being used even though that was unfashionable at the time. The two doorways are original features from that 12th century original church and the western tower is an example of Decorated style all else is Victorian in age and as a result of that rebuild. The church sits on the southern side of Church Lane about 100 yards west of the main lane leading to the A148. A gravelled area by the gates allows parking, the churchyard has trees gathered fairly closely to the church's southern aspects making it a tricky subject to capture on a sunny day.