This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Marlton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Qi3.2ACIB/35.43.47.119.2 Message Board Post: I am a MARLTON living in Bedfordshire England. I don't have much info on my surname but i am interested to know more and to help anyone out who may be connected. My Granfather was Harry Sydney Marlton. He came fom Clacton-on -Sea. I have been told that the surname originates from a norweign whirlpool.