Polstead is a small village in Suffolk. The name Polstead is derived from "Place by a pool" There are still two large ponds in the village. The village is noted for being the site of the Red Barn Murder in 1827. The victim Maria Marten, once found, was re-buried in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, but her gravestone was eventually chipped away to nothing by souvenir hunters. Only a sign on the shed wall now marks the approximate place where it stood, although her name is given to Marten's Lane which adjoins Water Lane and Mill Street.
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