Mells, Suffolk

Mells
Mells
Mells shown within Suffolk
OS grid reference TM405768
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
EU Parliament East of England

Mells is a hamlet in the English county of Suffolk.

It is on the southern bank of the River Blyth across the river by bridge from Holton; it forms part of Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet civil parish that, in turn, forms part of Suffolk Coastal district.

The place-name 'Mells' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Mealla. The name simply means 'mills', from the Old English 'mylen'.[1]

References

  1. Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.321.


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