a market-town of England, county of Suffolk, on an eminence near one of the sources of the Alde, 14 miles N.E. of Ipswich. The church is a fine old edifice, constructed of black flintstone, with a carved roof and several monuments of the Norfolk family, and surmounted by a tower 96 feet high. The castle of Framlingham was an important fortress in the middle ages, and hither Queen Mary retreated on the death of Edward VI. The remains consist of the walls, 44 feet high and 8 feet thick, 13 towers 58 feet high, a gateway, and some outworks. Market-day Saturday. Pop. of parish (1851) 2450.