ALDBOROUGH, a market-town in the hundred of Plomsgate, of the county of Suffolk. It returns two members to parliament, who are nominally chosen by the owners of burghage houses, but in fact by the marquis of Hertford. It is a poor place, chiefly inhabited by fishermen. The markets are held on Wednesdays and Saturdays. It is distant 94 miles from London. The population has been as follows: in 1801, 804; in 1811, 1060; and in 1821, 1212.