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MILDENHALL

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 442 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MILDENHALL , a See also:

market See also:town in the See also:Stowmarket See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Suffolk, See also:England, 762 in. N.N.E. from See also:London by a See also:branch of the See also:Great Eastern railway from See also:Cambridge. Pop. (19o1), 3567. It lies on the edge of Mildenhall Fen, the great Fen See also:district stretching northward and westward from here. The See also:church of St See also:Andrew has an See also:Early See also:English See also:chancel with See also:fine See also:east window and chancel See also:arch. The See also:remainder is principally Perpendicular with a magnificent carved See also:oak roof, ornate See also:north See also:porch and lofty See also:tower with See also:fan See also:tracery within. There is a wooden market See also:cross of the 15th See also:century; the See also:manor See also:house is a picturesque gabled See also:building of the 17th century, and there is a See also:modern public See also:hall. See also:Flour milling is an See also:industry. The See also:discovery of See also:Roman remains indicates a small See also:settlement.

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