The Sign
Rushmere St Andrew has two village signs with different themes, but each side of the individual signs are the same design, with exception to the top roundel. Both village signs were designed and made by Hector and Mary Moore of the Brandeston Forge of painted wrought iron. The first sign by the pond was erected in 1980, but not sure of the other date. The first sign located by Limes Pond, depicts two mallard ducks on the pond in between the bulrushes. The other sign located in a housing estate depicts a water tower located nearby next to a river with trees and including a duck, grey heron, fox and butterflies with gorse in the forefront, all representing the heath which the housing development was built. The roundel at the top of both signs show St Andrew holding the cross on one side and him as an apostle on the other plying his trade as a fisherman.

The Name and Population
The once separate village is now part of the suburbs of Ipswich and had a population of 6,185 at the 2011 census. The name means " Rush mere or pond", from Old English with the church dedication added later. It was called Riscemara in the Domesday Book.

Other Points of Interest

The parish includes most of Rushmere Heath and parts of the Ipswich suburb of Broke Hall as well as the village of Rushmere St. Andrew, from which it draws its name. The parish was formed in 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Rushmere.