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.