| Mildenhall | |
  Mildenhall shown within Suffolk |
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| Population | 9,906[1] (2001 Census) |
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| OS grid reference | |
| - London | 75 mi (121 km) |
| Parish | Mildenhall |
| District | Forest Heath |
| Shire county | Suffolk |
| Region | East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BURY ST. Suffolk (ˈsʌfək is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology A nationwide Census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001 The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government Towns Mildenhall Newmarket Brandon Significant Villages Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of Subdivisions of England used for the purposes of Local government outside Greater London Suffolk (ˈsʌfək is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one The East of England is one of the nine official Regions of England. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system EDMUNDS |
| Postcode district | IP28 |
| Dialling code | 01638 |
| Police | Suffolk |
| Fire | Suffolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| European Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | West Suffolk |
| Website: www.mildenhall.suffolk.gov.uk | |
| List of places: UK • England • Suffolk | |
Mildenhall is a small market town and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The IP postcode area, also known as the Ipswich postcode area, is a group of postal districts around part of the East Anglia area of England. The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. Suffolk Constabulary is the Home Office police force responsible for policing Suffolk in East Anglia, England. The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the authority responsible for providing NHS Ambulance services in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, East of England is a Constituency of the European Parliament. This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election West Suffolk is a County constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places This is a list of cities towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Suffolk, England A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Market town or market right is a legal term originating in the Medieval period for a European settlement that has the right to hold Markets A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A county is a Land area of Regional Government within a larger State. Suffolk (ˈsʌfək is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It is run by Forest Heath District Council and has a population of 9,906 people. Towns Mildenhall Newmarket Brandon Significant Villages The town is just off of the A11 and is located some 18 km (11 mi) north-west of the town of Bury St. Edmunds, 30 km (19 mi) north-east of the city of Cambridge, and 60 km (37 mi) north-west of Suffolk's county town of Ipswich. Bury St Edmunds is a town in the county of Suffolk, England and formerly the County town of West Suffolk. The city of Cambridge (ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England A county town is the 'capital' of a County in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland. Ipswich ( ˈɪpswɪtʃ is a Non-metropolitan district and the County town of Suffolk, England on the Estuary of the River Orwell [2] Mildenhall has five schools: two primary schools, two middle schools and one upper school.
The Primary Schools are St. Mary's Primary School and Great Heath School; the Middle Schools are College Heath Middle School and Riverside Middle school; the High School is Mildenhall College of Technology. "MCT" as it is known locally has a sixth form for students who have left the standard curriculum and who want a different option to college or university. The large Royal Air Force base, RAF Mildenhall, is located immediately north of the town. RAF Mildenhall is a Royal Air Force (RAF station located at Mildenhall in Suffolk, England. The base is used by the United States Air Force, as the headquarters of its 100th Air Refueling Wing and 352nd Special Operations Group. The 352d Special Operations Group ( 352 SOG) is the United States Air Force component for Special Operations Command Europe, a sub-unified command of the
The town centres around the market place with its 16th century hexagonal market cross and town pump; the town's market is held here on every Friday and originated as a weekly Chartered Market in medieval times (since the 15th century it is believed). A market cross is a structure used to mark a Market square in Market towns originally from Western European Architecture. The Mildenhall Museum in the centre of the town contains displays of times past, the local wildlife, the history of the RAF base from its opening in 1934, and information on the Mildenhall Treasure. Mildenhall Treasure is a major Hoard of 33 Roman Silver objects found in the Mildenhall area of the English county of Suffolk The town has an array of family-owned stores from a traditional fish and chip shop, to a pet shop with supplies and small animals. A Sainsburys supermarket has replaced the Budgens supermarket and everything else has stayed as normal. The parish council has also constructed a controversial new bus station in the style of the market cross. The bus station replaced an old car park, and was finally built in 2005.
Archaeology
Mildenhall is perhaps most famous for the discovery in 1943 of the Mildenhall Treasure. Mildenhall Treasure is a major Hoard of 33 Roman Silver objects found in the Mildenhall area of the English county of Suffolk Mildenhall Treasure is a major Hoard of 33 Roman Silver objects found in the Mildenhall area of the English county of Suffolk Now at the British Museum, the treasure is a hoard of Roman silver objects buried in the 4th century. The British Museum is a Museum of human history and culture in London. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 4th century (per the Julian calendar and Anno Domini / Common era) was that Century In 1946 the discovery was made public and the treasure acquired by the British Museum; Roald Dahl wrote an article about the find which was published firstly in the Saturday Evening Post, and later as "The Mildenhall Treasure" in his short story collection The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More. Roald Dahl ( 13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British Novelist Short story Writer The Saturday Evening Post was a weekly Magazine published in the United States from August 4, 1821 to February 8, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More is a collection of seven short stories written by Roald Dahl. [3][4] The region between Devil's Dyke and the line between Littleport and Shippea Hill shows a remarkable amount of archaeological findings of the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. Devil's Dyke (also called Devil's Ditch) is generally assumed to be an Anglo-Saxon earthwork in eastern Cambridgeshire, England, and one Littleport is a large Village in The Fens of Cambridgeshire, England, approximately 6 miles north of Ely and 6 miles south-east Burnt Fen refers to the area around the A1101 road between Littleport in Cambridgeshire and Mildenhall in Suffolk, England Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek grc ἀρχαιολογία archaiologia – grc ἀρχαῖος archaīos The Stone Age is a broad prehistoric time period during which Humans widely used stone for toolmaking The term Bronze Age refers to a period in human cultural development when the most advanced Metalworking (at least in systematic and widespread use included techniques for This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age for the mythological Iron Age see Ages of Man. [5]
References
- ^ Neighbourhood Statistics - Parish Headcounts. Retrieved on 2008-05-13. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.
- ^ Ordnance Survey (2006). OS Explorer Map 226 - Ely & Newmarket. ISBN 0-319-21857-0.
- ^ The Mildenhall Treasure. Mildenhall Museum. Retrieved on May 4, 2006. Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
- ^ Dahl, Roald (1995). The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More, 5th edition, London: Penguin Group, 215. ISBN 0-14-037348-9.
- ^ Hall, David [1994]. Fenland survey : an essay in landscape and persistence / David Hall and John Coles. London; English Heritage. ISBN 1-85074-477-7. , pp. 81-88.
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