The parish of Thelveton lies in the extreme south of Norfolk not too far from its border with neighbouring Suffolk. Thelveton is located about 3 miles east of the market town of Diss and stands on the former route of the A140, Norwich to Ipswich, road which thankfully for the villagers now bypasses on a dual-carriageway. Thelveton is a rather small place, a few properties grace the former junction with the A140 whilst the remainder are scattered across the area of the parish as farms and cottages. The parish acreage is dominated by the grounds of Thelveton Hall, an Elizabethan E-plan hall the home of the Havers family at the time of this transcript. The scattered settlement and lack of a true village is indicative of a "closed parish" in which most land was held by the Havers which discouraged inbound migration and kept the parish relatively depopulated. The land is rich arable farmland with big fields and wide open skies as it sits on a plateau just north of the influence of the Waveney valley which forms the county border.

St Andrew's church sits almost a mile to the west of the route of the A140 and the main centre of population of Thelveton, accessed along Church Road and a short track. The church has no tower, it fell in 1757 and was replaced 4 years later by a simple bellcote. The building thus consists solely of nave & chancel and is small as befits its small congregation. The church is almost entirely in the Decorated style with the exception of a blocked Norman Romanesque-style doorway on its northern side. Whilst the bulk of the fabric is thus early 14th century much was altered during major restoration work in 1864. St Andrew's sits in splendid isolation amongst the cereal fields, barely visible amongst its copse from Church Road and accessed on foot along a roughly surfaced track. The churchyard is compact and there are trees grouped around the western end which limit the available angles for photography.