It borders the parishes of Beccles, Weston, Redisham, Ilketshall St Andrew and Barsham.

[4][5] The parish was combined with Little Redisham, around 1 mile (1.6 km) south west of Ringsfield, in 1627.

[6][7] Redisham Hall was originally built in the 16th century and is the site of a likely embarked deserted medieval village.

It is a Grade II listed building located in 400 acres (1.6 km2) of parkland partly in the parish, to the south-west of the village.

The modern village is concentrated around a crossroads at Ringsfield Corner, 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) south of the parish church.

She lived and died at Redisham Hall after marrying John Lewis Garden, whose family seat it was.