Mellis
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| Mellis | |
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| Population | 519 (2011)[1] |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Eye |
| Postcode district | IP23 |
| Dialling code | 01379 |
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Mellis is a small village in Suffolk, England. It has the largest area of unfenced common land in England. Oliver Cromwell exercised his troops in Mellis. It once had a railway station on the main line between London and Norwich, and a small branch line that ran to nearby Eye.
Mellis Common is a 59 hectare nature reserve. In summer rare plants such as green-winged orchid, sulphur clover and adder's tongue fern flourish. The abundance of small mammals also makes the site a favourite hunting ground for barn owl and tawny owl.
A number of public works on the Common, including tree planting and establishment of a football pitch, were undertaken in the 1970s by local farmer Don Rush of Home Farm
Running diagonally across the Common is The Carnser; a footpath running alongside drainage ditches, taking its name from colloquial East Anglian dialect.
The 14th-century parish church of St Mary, restored in 1859 and 1900, is a Grade II* listed building.[2]
In 1968, Roger Deakin (1943 – 2006), writer and environmentalist, bought Walnut Tree Farm on the edge of Mellis Common, which he rebuilt over many years and where he lived until his death.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
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External links
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- Diss Express - village's local newspaper website
- Mellis Village council - village's parish council
- [1] - Mellis C.E.V.C school
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