Mells, Somerset
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Mells is a village and
.Vobster
The parish includes the village of Vobster, which had a coal mine of the same name on the
History and description
In the
Around 1500 Mells seems to have been known as Iron Burgh, as a result of the iron ore extracted in the area.[7]
The
During the 19th and early 20th centuries Mells and surrounding villages had several coal mines on the
The nearby former railway is now the route of NCR 24, the Colliers Way. Mells Road railway station opened in 1875 and closed in 1959.[12]
Close to the church is the Grade I
The stone village lock-up was built in the 17th century.[17]
The Mells Post Office and Shop was refurbished and reopened in 2009 as a community social enterprise, following the retirement of the postmaster the previous year. The attached Mells Café was opened in 2011 by The Great British Bake Off star Mary Berry.[18]
The Walled Garden, part of a former monastery, is now a cafe, shop and plant nursery.
Mells
Mells holds on
Governance
The
The village falls within the
The village is part of the 'Ammerdown'
It is also part of the
Religious sites
The village's most notable feature is
There is also a memorial, designed by Edwin Lutyens, to Raymond Asquith, who died in France in 1916.[24] The churchyard is the last resting place of the poet Siegfried Sassoon and the Roman Catholic priest and writer Ronald Knox.
There is a small Roman Catholic chapel in the grounds of the Manor House.
Tourism
Mells was rated as among the "20 most beautiful villages in the UK and Ireland" by Condé Nast Traveler in 2020. The publication recommends that visitors "marvel at the 15th-century New Street".[26]
Notable people
- Raymond Asquith, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith, formerly FCO and SIS (retired); hereditary peer. Lives in Mells area.
- Sir Frank Beauchamp, owner of coalmines in the Somerset coalfield was born in Mells.[27]
- Tim Burt, British geographer and Master of Hatfield College, Durham
- Jenson Button, Formula One racing driver, comes from Vobster.
- Camilla Cavendish, Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice
- Joan Heal, actress
- Christopher Hollis, author
- Frances Horner, hostess
- Annunziata Rees-Mogg, politician and journalist
- Siegfried Sassoon, poet [28]
Gallery
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Village Shop, Post Office and Cafe
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Selwood Street
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Mells War Memorial by Sir Edwin Lutyens
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Traditional thatched cottages
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Mells Church of England First School (photo by Patrick Mackie)
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St Edmund's Church at Vobster
References
- ^ "Mells Parish". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "Mells & Vobster, Somerset". Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Edmund (1058289)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 November 2006.
- ^ Historic England. "Vobster Inn Bridge (1058290)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 November 2006.
- ^ Robinson, W.J. (1915). West Country Churches. Bristol: Bristol Times and Mirror Ltd. p. 37.
- ^ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
- ISBN 0-575-03453-X.
- ISBN 978-0715372975.
- ^ Historic England. "Mells Village Hall (1058313)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
- ^ "South West England". Heritage at Risk. English Heritage. p. 183. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Mells War Memorial (1058315)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Mells Road Station (502939)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ Historic England. "Mells Manor (1058351)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 May 2006.
- ^ ISBN 0-14-071013-2.
- ^ Historic England. "The Talbot Inn (1058314)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 May 2006.
- ^ "Ultimate 100 British hotels" (PDF). Sunday Times. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ Historic England. "Lock-up (1058320)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
- ^ "Mells Cafe". Mells Village. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ^ "Mells Church of England First School" (PDF). Ofsted. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ^ "Mells Nursery". Mells Nursery. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ISBN 978-0-86183-390-0.
- ^ "Frome RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ "Ammerdown ward 2011". Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ ISBN 0-906456-98-3.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Andrew (1295876)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 May 2006.
- ^ "THE 20 MOST BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES IN THE UK AND IRELAND, 20 October 2020". 20 October 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Durham Mining Museum - Norton Hill Colliery Co".
- ^ Self, Cameron. "Siegfried Sassoon 1886-1967". poetsgraves.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
External links
- Mells, Somerset at Curlie