The area we now call Marlesford Village has associations going
back at least to the Bronze Age. We know this because a small
axe head dating back to 1200BC has been found here near the
boundary with Parham. While something is known about this part
of Suffolk in Roman times, little is known of Marlesford itself.
However, we know the Romans were here because of a Roman brooch
found at the end of Pound Lane. The discovery of the Sutton Hoo
burial ship, which is not so far away, shows that the Anglo
Saxons settled this area, and perhaps in Marlesford, but it was
not until 1086 that Marlesford made its first appearance in
writing when it was mentioned in the Little Domesday Book. At
this time Suffolk was one of the most densely populated counties
of England. For administrative reasons the county was divided
into Hundreds and Marlesford was in the Hundred of Loose, which
name still survives in the present day Deanery of Loos.
Lordships of the Manor of Marlesford were held by various
families over the centuries unti