Marlesford is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 233.[1]
Location
The village is about two miles away from the small town of Wickham Market. Marlesford has a place of worship. The area of the village that is on the A12 road (where the pub was) is due to be bypassed. However, the scheme is currently on hold.[2][3]
The village was served by Marlesford railway station until it closed in 1952.
Notable residents
- Fitzedward Hall, American Orientalist, and philologist. He was the first American to edit a Sanskrit text, and an early collaborator in the Oxford English Dictionary.
- Hamilton Anne Douglas-Hamilton, Rector, Honorary Canon, and first-class cricketer.
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ^ "A1065 Brandon and A12 Four Villages Study". Retrieved 12 October 2009.
- ^ "A12 four villages bypass remains 'absolutely vital' - despite £133m funding setback". Retrieved 2 October 2018.
External links
- Genuki
Media related to Marlesford at Wikimedia Commons- Marlesford in the Domesday Book
- Historical Social Data on Marlesford
52°10′N 1°24′E / 52.167°N 1.400°E
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