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{{Infobox UK place 
| official_name=         Mellis
| country=               England
| region=                East of England
| os_grid_reference=     
| coordinates = {{coord|52.329|1.080|display=inline,title}}
| population=            519
| population_ref=        (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126469&c=Mellis&d=16&e=62&g=6466385&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1472116755076&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=25 August 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>
| post_town=             Eye
| postcode_area=         IP
| postcode_district=     IP23
| dial_code=             01379
| shire_county=          [[Suffolk]]
| shire_district=        [[Mid Suffolk]]
| hide_services=           Yes
| static_image_name=     St Mary's church, Mellis - geograph.org.uk - 1083145.jpg
| static_image_caption=  St Mary's church, Mellis 
}}

'''Mellis''' is a small village in [[Suffolk]], England.  It has the largest area of unfenced [[common land]] in England.  [[Oliver Cromwell]] exercised his troops in Mellis. It once had a [[Mellis railway station|railway station]] on the main line between [[London]] and [[Norwich]], and a small branch line that ran to nearby [[Eye, Suffolk|Eye]].

[[Mellis Common]] is a 59 [[hectare]] nature reserve. In summer rare plants such as [[green-winged orchid]], [[sulphur clover]] and [[adder's tongue fern]] flourish. The abundance of small mammals also makes the site a favourite hunting ground for [[Western barn owl|barn owl]] and [[tawny owl]].

The 14th-century parish church of St Mary, restored in 1859 and 1900, is a Grade II* [[listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE |num = 1181735|desc= CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN |accessdate = 13 April 2014}}</ref>

In 1968, [[Roger Deakin]] (1943 – 2006), writer and environmentalist, bought Walnut Tree Farm on the edge of Mellis Common, which he rebuilt over many years and where he lived until his death.

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==External links==
{{Commons category|Mellis}}
*[http://www.dissexpress.co.uk/ ''Diss Express''] - village's local newspaper website
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081007194609/http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/MellisPC/ Mellis Village council] - village's parish council
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100406101023/http://www.mellis.suffolk.sch.uk/index.htm] - Mellis C.E.V.C school

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[[Category:Villages in Suffolk]]
[[Category:Mid Suffolk District]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Suffolk]]


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