FRAMLINGHAM, a market-town of the county of Suffolk, of the hundred of Loos, eighty-eight miles from London. It is an ancient but well-built town, situated on an elevated spot, near to which is the source of the Ouse. There are ruins of an ancient castle, which have been built by the Saxons, the walls of which are four feet in height, and eight in thickness. This was the residence of Queen Mary in 1558. There is a handsome building, constructed of brick, which the market-place is large, and on Saturday well crowded; population amounted in 1801 to 1854, in 1811 to 1837, and in 1821 to 2448.
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