MARLESFORD, a village and a parish in Plomesgate district, Suffolk. The village stands on the river Alde, adjacent to the Framlingham railway, 2 miles NE of Wickham-Market, and 4½ SE by S of Framlingham; and lhas a station on the railway. The parish comprises 1,277 acres. Post town, Wickham-Market. Real property, £2,483. Pop., 412. Houses, 95. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Lieut. Col. F. W. Schreiber. Marlesford Hall is the seat of Miss Shuldham. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £380.* Patron, A. Arcedeckne, Esq. The church is Norman; consists of nave and aisle, with strongly-buttressed flint tower; and contains a monum nt of 1641 to the Alston family, and a monument to L. Shuldham who fell at W aterloo. Charities, £13.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))