Mendham, Suffolk
| Mendham | |
|---|---|
 Church of All Saints | |
  Mendham Location within Suffolk | |
| Population | 440 (2005)[1] 451 (2011)[2] |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Harleston |
| Postcode district | IP20 |
| Police | Suffolk |
| Fire | Suffolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
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,[4] 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
- ^ a b Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Archived 2008-12-19 at the Wayback Machine 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.
- ^ "The Poppy Field (held by the McManus Gallery, Dundee)". Retrieved 2 July 2019.
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