Marshchapel
Marshchapel has a village store cum post office, a primary school, and no public houses that are currently open,
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The church, dedicated to St Mary is a Grade I listed building dating from the 15th century with a chancel dating from 1848. St Mary's is often referred to as the "Cathedral of the Marshes". In the churchyard is a cross dating from the 14th century which was originally sited at the crossroads near West End. It is both Grade II listed and a scheduled monument.
Marshchapel Primary School was originally built as a National School and was rebuilt in 1872, and has been known by its current name since September 1999.
Marshchapel was the site of Anglo-Saxon salt-working.
Governance
An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches south west to Yarburgh with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 2,194.