The Sign
The sign which was erected to celebrate the Queen’s silver jubilee as shown at the top of the sign, the parish church of St Peter and St Paul is on the right and part of the façade of the Risbridge Union Workhouse from 1835-1929, which was renamed the Risbridge Poor Law Institution from, 1930-1947, and became the Risbridge Hospital from 1948-1973. At the bottom is the 18th century watermill which still stands beside the River Stour.

The Name and Population
Known as Kidituna in 1086. The name means "Farm or settlement associated with Cyd(d)a", from Old English. At the 2011 census, the population was 1,849.

Other Points of Interest
John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1691 to 1694 and Rector of Kedington 1663-1664, resided here.

The puritan, Thomas Barnardiston studied under Calvin in Geneva during the reign of Queen Mary I, but returned to Kedington after the accession of Queen Elizabeth I in 1558 and the consequent Elizabethan Religious Settlement.