Framlingham is a market town in East Suffolk, England. It is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. Framlingham has a conservation area. The town is home to 12th-century curtain-walled Framlingham Castle. Nearby villages include Cratfield. A man from Framlingham whom went to America named a town, Framingham, Massachusetts, after here. The reason the letter L was dropped is still today unknown.