The Sign
The double sided sign was erected in 1993. The sign is quite simple with an old style plough carved on the front representing the rural and agricultural nature of the parish. On the back of the sign there is a commemoration to the poet Robert Bloomfield who was born here.

The new sign shown at the end was erected in July 2024 and made by the Village Sign People. At the top of the sign is a fighter jet from RAF Honington flying over a couple of buildings from the village, including the church of All Saints and the  Honington CEVCP school; a tractor is also included to represent the importance of agriculture in the area. Below the village name is Honington bridge on Sapiston Road with a couple of swans swimming by on the River Black Bourn.

The Name and Population
The population was 1,472 at the 2011 census. It was called Hunegetuna in the Domesday Book and Hunegeton in 1284. The name probably means "The farmstead of the family or followers of Hun(a)", from Old English.

Other Points of Interest

Before the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII in the late 1530s, the land in the village was held by the abbot of the great monastery at Bury St Edmunds.

Robert Bloomfield was born in 1766, his first and best known poem is 'The Farmers Boy'.

RAF Honington opened on 3 May 1937, as one of six operational airfields within No 3 Group Bomber Command. "From Barren Rocks to Living Stones" records that Honington was able to play a part in accommodating British evacuees from the terrorism in Aden in 1967. This was a major British operation at the time. In 1994 flying operations stopped and the Honington Air Traffic Control Zone ceased to exist in preparation for Honington becoming the depot of the RAF Regiment. The station now sees only very occasional air traffic.

The church is dedicated to All Saints.