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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Marlesford like this:
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.
Marlesford is now part of EAST SUFFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST SUFFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Marlesford itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Marlesford, in East Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7488
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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