Mells is a

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

in the

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

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 Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet is a civil parish in the English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for ...

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

that, in turn, forms part of East Suffolk district. The place-name 'Mells' is first attested in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...

of 1086, where it appears as ''Mealla''. The name simply means 'mills', from the

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th c ...

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

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