Mendham, Suffolk
| Mendham | |
 Church of All Saints |
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  Mendham |
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| Population | 440 (2005)[1] 451 (2011)[2] |
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| District | Mid Suffolk |
| Shire county | Suffolk |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Harleston |
| Postcode district | IP20 |
| Police | Suffolk |
| Fire | Suffolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
Coordinates: 52°23′52″N 1°20′15″E / 52.397669°N 1.337629°E
Mendham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located on the east bank of the River Waveney around a mile east of Harleston, in 2005 its population was 440.[1] The parish includes the hamlets of Withersdale Street. The Mendham Marshes are also within the parish boundaries.
Until the 19th century, around 25% of the parish fell in Norfolk and 75% in Suffolk.[3]
Mendham's most famous son, born to a local miller, went on to become Sir Alfred James Munnings KCVO, PRA (8 October 1878 – 17 July 1959), known as one of England's finest painters of horses, and as an outspoken enemy of Modernism. An extract of one of his paintings, featuring gypsy Charlotte Gray leading a pony, has been incorporated into the Mendham village sign. Her husband Frederick or 'Nobby' Gray was one of Alfred's closest friends and a model in some of his paintings. Both Nobby and Charlotte are buried in All Saints churchyard in Mendham.
References
- 1 2 Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Suffolk County Council
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ↑ William White (1844). History, gazetteer, and directory of Suffolk. p. 449.
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