The Sign
The sign was erected to commemorate the Millenium in 2000 as shown below the village name and made of cast metal. It depicts a Viking Longship which may have ventured up the River Blyth in the 7th and 8th centuries.

The robin is not part of the sign, but was captured at the time of the photograph.

The Name and Population
Ubbeston or Ubbeston Green was called Upbestuna in 1086 and Ubbeston in 1206. The name Ubbeston Green was marked on Hodskinson's map of 1783, the green relating to village green or hamlet. The name means "The farm or estate of a man called Ubbi", from Old English and Scandanavian personal name. The parish had a population of around 90 at the 2011 census.

Other Points of Interest
The church of St Peter is now redundant and in private hands.

The Lordship of the Manor of Ubbeston was owned by Heveningham from the 14/15th century and briefly returned to Ubbeston when the Kemps were in residence (for about a hundred years from the end of 17th century). In 1784, Sir Joshua Van Neck, by then Lord of the Manor of Heveningham, bought back Ubbeston.