England &
Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Marlesford lies in eastern Suffolk about 2 miles northeast of the small market town of Wickham Market. Marlesford is a small and compact village gathered around its Hall and sited a half mile north of the A12 road which connects Ipswich & Lowestoft. Marlesford's economy, then as well as now, would have been dominated by farming, arable on higher ground and pastures in the watermeadows of the nearby streams. A small tributary of the River Alde drains the parish eastwards the short distance to join that river near Blaxhall and then runs to the nearby North Sea through the port of Aldeburgh. Marlesford at around 20 metres above the sea, some 10 metres higher than that tributary, in gentle countryside where local heights reach only to about 40 metres within a couple of miles of the village. Even by Suffolk standards Marlesford parish was small, covering just under 1,300 acres it would have supported a population of just over 400 parishioners. In Domesday times Marlesford was an equally small place, despite this it was shared by 4 landholders including King William, himself, other portions being held by Count Alan of Brittany, Robert Malet and Bury St Edmunds Abbey. Collectively the parish could offer 7 ploughs, small meadows and within the lands of the abbey's holdings, a mill. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 1st September 1755 - 28th December 1812 | Suffolk Record Office - Ipswich - Reference - FC/117/D/1/4 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
2 | 7th November 1813 - 23rd April 1837 | Suffolk Record Office - Ipswich - Reference - FC/117/D/1/5 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Parham
St Mary
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Parham St
Mary
Great Glemham All Saints |
Great
Glemham All Saints
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Parham St Mary
Hacheston All Saints |
Little Glemham
St Andrew
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Hacheston
All Saints
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Campsey Ashe
St John the Baptist
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Blaxhall
St Peter
Campsey Ashe St John the Baptist |
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