Marlesford
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.
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.
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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