The parish of West Beckham lies in northern Norfolk about 3 miles southwest of the seaside town of Sheringham. West Beckham, which subsumed the former sister parish of East Beckham, sits in lanes about 3/4 mile south of the A149 road which links the market town of Holt with Cromer. The main properties of West Beckham are grouped around a crossroads of lanes with spurs running both east/west and also north from that crossroads. By Norfolk standards West Beckham sits at a relatively high point, some 95 metres above the sea, the parish occupies part of the Cromer - Holt ridge, a remnant glacial feature. The soils are rather sandy & stony as a consequence but modern machinery has rendered arable farming practicable on what would probably have been heath and pasture at the time of this transcript.

St Helen & All Saints' church sits at the eastern end of the village. Sadly it is a Victorian replacement for two previously mediaeval churches (West Beckham All Saints & East Beckham St Helen both demolished in 1890). The church is small with nave, chancel & bellcote as befits what is a relatively small congregation today. The church clearly has little merit architecturally as Pevsner dismisses it a handful of lines, he does raise the interesting question as to whether the pebble finish on the inside as well as the outside is unique. The church has a rather open setting, protected from the lanes by grassy strips, the prominent "Welcome" sign an encouraging one.