Martlesham, Suffolk
Historical Description
Martlesham, a parish in Suffolk, on the river Deben, 1½ mile SW of Woodbridge station on the G.E.R. It has a post office under Woodbridge; money order and telegraph office, Woodbridge. Acreage, 2631; population, 472. The manor belongs to the Pretyman family. Beacon Hill House is a mansion of brick standing in about 20 acres of ground. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; commuted value, £420 with residence. The church is a building of rubble in the Late Decorated style, consists of nave and chancel, with a tower, and contains monuments to the Goodwins and the Doughtys.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Suffolk | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Martlesham St. Mary | |
Hundred | Carlford | |
Poor Law union | Woodbridge |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register dates from the year 1656.
Churches
Church of England
St Mary (parish church)
The church of St Mary is a rubble building in the Late Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch, and an embattled western tower of flint, containing 3 bells: in the moulding of the west door are the arms of the Noon family, and there are monuments to the Goodwin and Doughty families: the church affords 220 sittings.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Martlesham from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Martlesham (St. Mary))
- Kelly's Directory of Suffolk, 1912
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Suffolk is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Martlesham are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Suffolk papers online: