Mildenhall (Suffolk)
| Mildenhall | |||
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 21 ′ N , 0 ° 31 ′ E | ||
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| Residents | 10,315 (as of: 2001) | ||
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| Post town | BURY ST. EDMUNDS | ||
| ZIP code section | IP28 | ||
| prefix | 01638 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | East of England | ||
| Shire county | Suffolk | ||
| District | West Suffolk | ||
| Civil Parish | Mildenhall | ||
Mildenhall is a civil parish in the district of West Suffolk in the English county of Suffolk with about 11,500 inhabitants. The eponymous small town of Mildenhall was the administrative seat of the Forest Heath district until its dissolution in 2019. It is located near the A11 London-Norwich trunk road on the River Lark . The closest major towns are Lakenheath , Newmarket and Bury St Edmunds .
Traces of settlement in the area around Mildenhall go back to the Upper Palaeolithic . The Domesday Book of 1086 lists 64 families for the parish of Mildenhall. In 1412 the place received market rights. In the course of the dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th century, the mansion passed from the abbots of Bury St Edmunds to the aristocratic North family.
In the center of town is the 12th century church of St Mary.
Mildenhall is now best known for the treasure of Mildenhall ( Mildenhall treasure ), a large silver treasure Roman times, and in 1934 opened air base RAF Mildenhall . This was also the starting point of the MacRobertson air race in 1934, which ended in Melbourne, Australia.
People associated with the place
- Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex (before 1130–1144), place of death
- Sir Thomas Hanmer , Speaker of Parliament in the 18th century
