Mendlesham is a village in Suffolk with 1,407 inhabitants at the 2011 census. It lies north east of

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and from London. The place-name 'Mendlesham' is first attested in the

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of 1086, where it appears as ''Melnesham'' and ''Mundlesham''. The name means 'Myndel's village'. Mendlesham is known for its large street fair which is held on every May Day bank holiday. Mendlesham has a popular community newsletter, and a goo
primary school
There is one

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in the village called 'The King's Head'. The village has a

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and Mendlesham Bakery, a '

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' convenience store with a

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counter.. Nearby at is the Mendlesham transmitting station which broadcasts

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(previously Vibe FM) on 106.4 MHz and the

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digital radio multiplex, and which was formerly used for VHF 405 line transmissions of

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. The mast stands at the corner of the former

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airfield, RAF Mendlesham. This was used by the RAF and US 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 Church of St Mary, Mendlesham, St. Mary's 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 United Reformed Church, URC 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 chapel in Mendlesham Green. Unlike many Anglican churches today, there is a Mass (liturgy), mass (Communion) service held every day at St Mary's. In 1531 , the Mendlesham Christian Brethren were a group of Protestant dissenters, and two decades later, Adam Foster became a Marian Persecutions, Marian martyr, after he refused to attend a Mass (liturgy), Roman Catholic mass. He was condemned to be burnt at the stake by John Hopton, the Bishop of Norwich. Mendlesham had the second station on the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway, which ran from 1904 to 1952. Mendlesham Manor is an Elizabethan Manor House. Close to Mendlesham is the Hamlet (place), hamlet of Mendlesham Green, which contains Mendlesham Green Baptist Church. The village was struck by 1981 United Kingdom tornado outbreak, an F0/T1 tornado on 23 November 1981, as part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak on that day.

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Mendlesham Parish Council
- Mendlesham's official website
St Mary the Virgin Mendlesham
Villages in Suffolk Mid Suffolk District Civil parishes in Suffolk {{Suffolk-geo-stub

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