The Sign
The village sign was erected in 1994 to commemorate the centenary of the parish council and made by Ironoak Forge of Buxhall. At the top of the sign is an oak tree, as well as its leaves below the cross which represents Sir Thomas Gresham, who used oak from Battisford Tye in the construction of the first Royal Exchange in 1566. The cross represents the Knights Hospitaller of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem had a presence in the village in the Middle Ages. The trumpet and serpent in the spandrels are instruments once used in the musicians gallery of the church instead of the traditional organ and now reside in the Christchurch Mansion Museum in Ipswich.

The Name and Population
The population was 458 at the 2011 census. The village was called Beteforda / Betes- / Botes- / fort in the Domesday Book. The name means "Baetti's ford" from Old English.

Other Points of Interest
To the north of the village is St. John’s Grove, an area of woodland where a manor house once stood.

The church is dedicated to St Mary, which no longer has a tower.

In 1983, Battisford declared its independence just for one day, from the United Kingdom.