Marlesford is a village and

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in the East Suffolk district of

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, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 233.

Location

The village is about two miles away from the small town of

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. 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 bypassed. However, the scheme is currently on hold. The village was served by Marlesford railway station until it closed in 1952.

Notable residents

* Fitzedward Hall,

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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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Historical Social Data on Marlesford
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