The Sign
A double sided sign with different themes on both. The original sign was erected in 1983 on the village green. A wild boar can be seen on the top of the sign and can be seen on both sides; The boar is the crest of the Bacon family.

Side one - The main theme here is the Redgrave and Lopham fen managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust. The wildlife can be seen on the lake, including the reed bunting and reed warbler birds with the basket looking nest, a grass snake and the fen raft spider. It looks like there is also stinkhorn fungi just above the name. One man is cutting reeds shown at the top, for thatching, whilst the other man is probably digging peat for fuel. In the spandrels are two men fishing on the lake and a couple of ducks which use the lake and probably the village pond and may also refer to the old Button's duck factory, now Gressingham Foods.

Side two - The reverse side shows the more historic side to the village. At the top is St Mary's church (redundant - CCT) with also a bell and the organ probably from within; the organ may also represent Joseph Hart who was a local organ builder and the bell maker, John Goldsmith who lived in the village. The windmill has now gone, destroyed by fire in 1924. A building with a barn door was a thatched barn in the middle of The Street, which has been converted into three houses. In the spandrels are the crests of The Holt Family on the left showing an arm holding a pheon and the Butts Family crest showing a horse's head, plumed, feathered and bridled.

All of the family names can be found in the church in one form or another as well as many others from Redgrave Manor.

The Name and Population
The name means "Reed pit or red grove", from Old English. The population was 459 at the 2011 census. It was called Redgrafe in the Domesday Book and Redegraue in 1179.

Other Points of Interest

In November 2007, the highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1 strain that is considered a flu pandemic threat was discovered at several Redgrave Poultry farms.

The village of Redgrave is the descendant of the historic Redgrave Manor (Redgrave Park) which contained Redgrave Hall and currently contains Redgrave Park Farm.

In 1971 Redgrave Park was sold out of the Holt-Wilson family to Guy and Elizabeth Topham who turned it into a farm.

Redgrave St Mary - now in the hands of the Churches Conservation Trust