Mells, Suffolk

Mells
Mells Location within Suffolk
OS grid reference	TM405768
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
List of places UK England Suffolk 52°20′13″N1°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]

References

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