What a quiet village this is! There can be few Suffolk villages more remote from towns and dual-carriageways. And Cratfield is not just remote from towns; it seems far from other villages as well.

The church is not large, but rather elaborate; however, it is rather more interesting than some of its compatriots because it retains much Decorated detail, and we know that the castellation on the tower happened during the turmoil of the Reformation; Cratfield has one of the most complete sets of vestry minutes in England, and they tell us that, when the gloves came off in 1547 under Edward VI, the parish sold all its silver rather than let it fall into government hands. They spent the proceeds on decorating the tower, for which they are to be commended and remembered.