MARTLESHAM, a parish in the hundred of CARLFORD,
county of SUFFOLK, 2 miles (S. by W.) from
Woodbridge, containing 413 inhabitants. The living is a
discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and
diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at
£10. 18. 9. Mrs. Goodwin was patroness in 1798. The
church is dedicated to St. Mary. The navigable-river
Deben forms the eastern boundary of the parish.