Mells is a hamlet in the English county of 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

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

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