Marlesford is a village and

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in the East Suffolk district, in the English county of Suffolk. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 233.

Location

It is about 2 miles away from the small town of Wickham Market. Marlesford has a place of worship. The area of the village that is on the

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(where the pub was) is due to be by-passed. However the scheme is currently on hold. It once had a railway station called Marlesford railway station but it was closed in 1952. The station controlled the trains going to Framlingham and the trains were all steam locomotives with 3 level crossings in the village. one at the station, one at the house called the Hedges which Provides access on to Lime Tree Farm and the third one was at the Gatehouse which has now been converted into a private dwelling. This is also where Marlesford ford is now situated.Resident memories Born in village 1944 moved to Wickham Market 1968

Notable residents

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, American Orientalist, and

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. He was the first American to edit a Sanskrit text, and an early collaborator in the

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. * Hamilton Anne Douglas-Hamilton, Rector, Honorary Canon, and

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er.

References

External links

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