Mells
CountryEngland
RegionEast of England
Os grid referenceTM405768
Coordinates52.337°N 1.529°E
Shire countySuffolk
Hide servicesYes
Static image nameGrange Road, Mells - geograph.org.uk - 1138318.jpg

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.