Mells, Suffolk

Mells
Mells is located in Suffolk
Mells
Mells
Location within Suffolk
OS grid referenceTM405768
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 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 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]

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