Mells, Suffolk

Coordinates: 52°20′13″N 1°31′44″E / 52.337°N 1.529°E / 52.337; 1.529
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Mells
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk
52°20′13″N 1°31′44″E / 52.337°N 1.529°E / 52.337; 1.529

Mells is a hamlet in the English county of Suffolk.

It is on the southern bank of the

East Suffolk
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.