The parish of East Tuddenham lies in the eastern portion of central Norfolk roughly 8 miles east of the market town of East Dereham and a similar distance west of the city of Norwich. East Tuddenham sits just over a mile south of the bust A47 road which crosses the county from west to east from King's Lynn to Great Yarmouth. East Tuddenham is a small and fairly compact crossroads village sitting with most properties lining the broad lane which links the large village of Mattishall through to the A47. Like most Norfolk parishes East Tuddenham would have largely earned its income from farming, early gazetteers place as much as 75% of the parish acreage as set to arable croppage with cereals, beet and, today, oil seed predominant. The village name is taken from the small river that flows from west to east through the north of the parish, namely the River Tud which meets the Wensum just west of Norwich, this stream creates a small valley as a welcome break from the rather level ground on which the village sits.

All Saints' church sits to the east of the village and has one of the most attractive approaches of any Norfolk church with entry gained by heading up a shady avenue of trees from the main lane, Mattishall Road. The church has its origins in the Early English Gothic era of the late 1300s, its layout was subsequently changed significantly, originally the church had a southwestern tower abutting a southern arcade but when the latter was removed to widen the nave the church became a normal western one. The oldest remaining part of the church is its southern doorway, Early English Gothic but retaining some elements of the Norman Romanesque style in its decoration of its arch. Much else is typical Norfolk Perpendicular, albeit the chancel shows a Decorated style window on its northern face, of the early part of that style's era, Pevsner assigns a date in the 1330s or 1340s when Decorated was still in vogue. The southern porch is later still with bequests dating its construction to a period between 1458 & 1502. For once Pevsner fails to mention a Victorian restoration so if one occurred it was undoubtedly light & sensitive. The shady track leading to the church provides off road parking and entry is through the late-Victorian lychgate. Whilst the western end is rather challenging with close trees the remaining southern aspects are available for the photographer.