Mendham, Suffolk
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Church of All Saints |
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Mendham shown within Suffolk
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Population | 440 [1] |
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District | Mid Suffolk |
Shire county | Suffolk |
Region | East |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Suffolk |
Fire | Suffolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
EU Parliament | East of England |
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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.[2]
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.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Suffolk County Council
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