# Mendlesham > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mendlesham > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mendlesham.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendlesham > Source revision: 1355325344 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Village in Suffolk, England This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Mendlesham" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Human settlement in England Mendlesham Church of St Mary Mendlesham Location within Suffolk Population 1,569 (2024) [1] OS grid reference TM104658 • London 73.135 mi (117.699 km) District Mid Suffolk Shire county Suffolk Region East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Stowmarket Postcode district IP14 Dialling code 01449 Police Suffolk Fire Suffolk Ambulance East of England UK Parliament Waveney Valley Website One Suffolk List of places UK England Suffolk 52°15′N 1°05′E / 52.25°N 1.08°E / 52.25; 1.08 Mendlesham Village Sign **Mendlesham** is a village in [Suffolk](/source/Suffolk) with 1,569 inhabitants as of 2024[1]. It lies 5 miles (8 km) north east of [Stowmarket](/source/Stowmarket) and 73.135 miles (117.699 km)[2] from London. The place-name 'Mendlesham' is first attested in the [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book) of 1086, where it appears as *Melnesham* and *Mundlesham*. The name means 'Myndel's village'.[3] Mendlesham is known for its large street fair which is held on every May Day [bank holiday](/source/Bank_holiday). Mendlesham has a popular community newsletter, and a good[4] [primary school](https://www.mendlesham.suffolk.sch.uk/). There is one [public house](/source/Public_house) in the village called 'The King's Head'; though previously a second public house, 'The Fleece Inn' was open at the western end of Front Street, where it meets Old Station Road. The building once containing The Fleece is now a residential property. The village has a [fish and chip shop](/source/Fish_and_chip_shop) and Mendlesham Bakery, a '[Premier Stores](/source/Premier_Stores)' [convenience store](/source/Convenience_store) with a [Post Office](/source/Post_Office) counter.. Nearby at [grid reference](/source/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid) [TM123640](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Mendlesham¶ms=52.233169_N_1.107525_E_region:GB_scale:25000) is the [Mendlesham transmitting station](/source/Mendlesham_transmitting_station) which broadcasts [Kiss 105-108](/source/Kiss_105-108_East) (previously Vibe FM) on 106.4 MHz and the [Digital One](/source/Digital_One) digital radio multiplex, and which was formerly used for VHF 405 line transmissions of [Anglia Television](/source/Anglia_Television). The mast stands at the corner of the former [WWII](/source/World_War_II) airfield, [RAF Mendlesham](/source/RAF_Mendlesham). This was used by the [RAF](/source/RAF) and US [Eighth Air Force](/source/Eighth_Air_Force) between 1943 and 1955, and once held a memorial to the US 34th Bomb Group. The memorial has now been moved to the churchyard of [St. Mary's](/source/Church_of_St_Mary%2C_Mendlesham) in Mendlesham. Although some of the land has reverted to agriculture or is an industrial estate, one airstrip is now used by the Suffolk Coastal Floaters Hang Gliding Club. There are two churches in the village, a small [URC](/source/United_Reformed_Church) chapel and the grand medieval church of St Mary the Virgin, built at a time when the village had a much larger population, as well as a [Baptist](/source/Baptist) chapel in Mendlesham Green. Unlike many [Anglican](/source/Anglican) churches today, there is a [mass](/source/Mass_(liturgy)) (Communion) service held every day at St Mary's. In 1531 [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*], the Mendlesham Christian Brethren were a group of [Protestant](/source/Protestant) dissenters, and two decades later, Adam Foster became a [Marian martyr](/source/Marian_Persecutions), after he refused to attend a [Roman Catholic mass](/source/Mass_(liturgy)). He was condemned to be [burnt at the stake](/source/Burnt_at_the_stake) [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] by [John Hopton](/source/John_Hopton), the [Bishop of Norwich](/source/Bishop_of_Norwich). Mendlesham had the second station on the [Mid-Suffolk Light Railway](/source/Mid-Suffolk_Light_Railway), which ran from 1904 to 1952. Mendlesham Manor is an Elizabethan [Manor House](/source/Manor_House). Close to Mendlesham is the [hamlet](/source/Hamlet_(place)) of **Mendlesham Green**, which contains Mendlesham Green Baptist Church.[5] The village was struck by [an F0/T1 tornado](/source/1981_United_Kingdom_tornado_outbreak) on 23 November 1981, as part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak on that day.[6] ## See also [Foxe's Book of Martyrs](/source/Foxe's_Book_of_Martyrs) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-MendleshamPopulation_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-MendleshamPopulation_1-1) ["Area Profile for Mendlesham"](http://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/customprofiles/build/#E04009227). Retrieved 17 March 2026. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-londondistance_2-0)** ["How Far is it Between Mendlesham, Suffolk and London, England"](http://www.freemaptools.com/how-far-is-it-between-mendlesham_-suffolk-and-london_-england.htm). Retrieved 28 May 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Eilert Ekwall](/source/Eilert_Ekwall), *The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names*, 4th Edition (Oxford University Press 1960), p.321. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Ofsted Report"](http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/download/(id)/74970/(as)/124599_293048.pdf) (PDF). Ofsted. Retrieved 26 March 2010. [*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Mendlesham Green Baptist Church, Mendlesham Green"](http://www.findachurch.co.uk/churches/tm/tm06/mgbc/). Findachurch.co.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2008. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["European Severe Weather Database"](https://www.eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi). *www.eswd.eu*. ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Mendlesham](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mendlesham). - [Mendlesham Parish Council](http://mendlesham.suffolk.cloud/) - Mendlesham's official website - [Simon's Suffolk churches - Mendlesham](http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/mendlesham.htm) - [St Mary the Virgin Mendlesham](https://www.stmarysmendlesham.org.uk/) This Suffolk location article is a stub. 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