Published: 6:15 PM February 26, 2021 The village Sproughton village sign shows the wild man who was said to live in nearby Devil's Wood. - Credit: Keith Evans/Geograph.org.uk Said to date back to the 16 th century, the inn in the village of Sproughton, three miles west of Ipswich, is on the crossroads formed by Lower Street and Burstall Lane. The village sign offers a hint to a legend which gave the pub its distinctive name: on it, Sproughton’s water mill is shown and, running way from it is a man – rather chillingly carrying a screaming child. This is the Wild Man of Sproughton.