Marlesford

St Andrew, Marlesford

Marlesford is a village and a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal District, in the English county of Suffolk. The population of the Civil Parish at the Census 2011 was 233.[1]

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 A12 road (where the pub was) is due to be by-passed, the scheme will not be implemented until after 2016.[2] 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. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "A1065 Brandon and A12 Four Villages Study". Retrieved 12 October 2009.
  3. ↑ Resident memories Born in village 1944 moved to Wickham Market 1968

Coordinates: 52°10′N 1°24′E / 52.167°N 1.400°E / 52.167; 1.400


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