The parish of Little Ellingham lies in south central Norfolk about 3 - 4 miles northwest of the market town of Attleborough. Little Ellingham sits in lanes about a mile north of the B1077 road which connects Attleborough with Watton and a similar distance south of the B1108 which connects the latter with the city of Norwich. Little Ellingham is a small and compact village sitting on rather a flat plain dominated by large arable fields. Arable farming would have provided the mainstay of the village economy for many centuries. Today the village is still something of a backwater, most village facilities having been lost over the years.

St Peter's church sits to the south of most properties in the village enclosed within a tight curve of the Attleborough bound lane. Although the church looks to be a fairly unified design the building met a rather tragic fate in 1867. A fire stuck which destroyed the nave and badly damaged the chancel, only the southwestern tower escaped unscathed. In 1869 reconstruction was undertaken and a sensitive plan to evoke the original design was followed. The tower shows features consistent with a date in late 13th or early 14th centuries and the remaining details of the chancel are concurrent with the latter date. The reconstruction's only modification was to add the western vestry. A grassy pull-in allows parking outside the churchyard which is open except for a post & netted fence. The churchyard is open and with few obstructions to photography.