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Mendlesham

Mendlesham
Mendlesham - Church of St Mary.jpg
Church of St Mary
Mendlesham is located in Suffolk
Mendlesham
Mendlesham
Mendlesham shown within Suffolk
Population 1,407 (2011)
OS grid reference TM104658
• London 73.135 mi (117.699 km)
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Stowmarket
Postcode district IP14
Dialling code 01449
Police Suffolk
Fire Suffolk
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK Parliament
Website One Suffolk
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UK
England
Suffolk
52°15′00″N 1°05′00″E / 52.2501°N 1.0834°E / 52.2501; 1.0834Coordinates: 52°15′00″N 1°05′00″E / 52.2501°N 1.0834°E / 52.2501; 1.0834

Mendlesham, Suffolk is a village with 1328 inhabitants, increasing at the 2011 Census to a population of 1,407, 5 miles (8 km) north east of Stowmarket and 73.135 miles (117.699 km) from London

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 good primary school. There is one public house in the village called 'The Kings Head'. The village has a few shops including Mendlesham Bakery, Mendlesham Fish 'N' Chip Shop and a post office at the back of The Kings Head.

Nearby at grid reference TM123640 is the Mendlesham transmitting station which broadcasts Kiss 105-108 (previously Vibe FM) on 106.4 MHz and the Digital One digital radio multiplex, and which was formerly used for VHF 405 line transmissions of Anglia Television. The mast stands at the corner of the former WWII 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 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 also three churches, including the grand medieval St. Mary's, built at a time when the village had a much larger population. In 1531, the Mendlesham Christian Brethren were a group of Protestant dissenters, and two decades later, Adam Foster became a Marian martyr, after he refused to attend a Roman Catholic mass. He was condemned to be burnt at the stake by Hopton, the Bishop of Norwich.


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