The Sign (A Pye & BM)
The sign depicts All Saints church tower and leaning against it are two men famed for very different reasons:

Dressed in red is Richard Hakluyt. A Renaissance scholar, diplomat and spy he became friendly with Francis Drake and Humphrey Gilbert and chronicled their voyages. A year after the defeat of the Spanish Armada he wrote “Principal Navigations, Voyages and Discoveries of the English Nation.” The work was superseded by another work which contained one and a half million words and was written while he was the rector at Wetheringsett. He went on to become Archdeacon of Westminster in 1604 and never ventured further than Paris. At his feet is a galleon sailing on the sea

The second figure is George Ellis who falsified documents and became the rector at Wetheringsett from 1883 to 1888, and despite being unordained, baptised, buried and married couples, and was the cause of an Act of Parliament. In fact the only one of its type in England. Briefly the Act said that any marriage solemnised by a person falsely pretending to be an ordained clergyman of the Church of England, despite the marriage being legally invalid, should be deemed valid by order of the Queen, under The Marriages Validation Act 1888. He served time in prison for his crime and was warmly welcomed when he revisited the village after his release. At his feet is a pheasant on a ploughed field.

The Name and Population
Wetheringsett was called Weddreringesete 1017-35, Wetheringsete 1043-45, and Wederingaseta in 1086. It could mean "The fold of the people of Wetherden", a fold being a refuge for animals; from Old English. Brockford was called Brocaforde, Brokeforde in the 11th century and later Brocfort in 1086. The name could mean "The ford over the brook, or one frequented by badgers", from Old English. The population was 669 at the 2011 census.

Other Points of Interest
This church was almost all rebuilt in the 15th century and the surrounding cemetery features headstones dating back to the 18th century.

Brockford also is home to the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway Museum. The original railway was built during the Edwardian era and the Light Railways Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 48), allowed for the creation of the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway. The London & North Eastern Railway was introduced in 1923 and the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway Museum became part of this line a year after. However, after World War 2, the increase in road use led to the disuse of the railway. The only usage came from students travelling to and from secondary school. The railway officially closed in 1952 and in 1990, a group of volunteers created the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway Museum.