Little Saxham is in the parish of The Saxhams and appears as Sexham in the Domesday Book and as Saxham Parva in 1254.
In 1961 the parish had a population of 92. In 1988 the parish was merged with Great Saxham to form "The Saxhams".
Its church, St Nicholas, is one of 38 existing round-tower churches in Suffolk and is almost entirely of flint construction, the round tower also of flint, having little to reveal the age of building except for the obviously Romanesque arcading in the upper part.
The tower resembles the one at nearby Risby - perhaps it is, in the lower part at least, by the same builder, as there are no other round-tower churches nearby.