The Sign
The sign was erected in 1996 and stands on the junction of Queen Street, Church Street and Turnpike Hill, not too far from the church of St Mary the Virgin.

The main panel of the sign depicts a view of Medieval farming with the church in the background. The village is very rural with a agriculture being one of its main employers. It looks like the labourers are cutting and collecting willow branches, also called sallows and osiers, which are used in basket making.

There are two roundels either side of the village name, on the left is a Suffolk black faced sheep which relates to the village name and what looks like a Saxon on the right; there have been many archaeological finds of this age in the area.

The Name and Population
It was called Wedresfelda, Vrdresfelda in 1086 and Wetherisfeud in 1254. The name means "The open land where wether-sheep are kept", from Old English. The population was 450 at the 2011 census.

Other Points of Interest
The church of St Mary the Virgin is set in the centre of Withersfield. The church dates back to the 13th century, yet only the door handle survives from this era. The majority of the church is in fact Victorian having had to be rebuilt due to poor structure.

The White Horse Inn was built in the seventeenth century as a coaching inn to take advantage of stagecoach traffic between Ipswich, Cambridge and Colchester. The pub is now well known for being owned in the 19th and 20th century by the father of Australian Cricket legend Donald Bradman.