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MELLIS, a village and a parish in Hartismere district, Suffolk. The village stands round a large green, traversed by the Great Eastern railway, 1¾ mile W of the Roman road to Norwich, and 3½ W of Eye; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Scole. The parish comprises 1,344 acres. Real property, £2,503. Pop., 598. Houses, 119. The property is divided chiefly among six. The manor of St. John's belongs to G. H. Wilson, Esq.; and that of Pountney Hall, to Lord Henniker. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Valne, £148.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church dates from about the end of the 13th century; lost its tower about 1736; underwent internal restoration in 1859, but without re-erection of the tower; and contains a fine octagonal font, and monuments of the Yaxleys and the Clarkes. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a parochial school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Mellis AP/CP Hartismere RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
| Place: | Mellis |
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