Here is another gem: http://www.mildenhallmuseum.co.uk/ located in the heart of Suffolk, England, lies the litttle village known as Mildenhall. There is a smalll treasure (claimed by the crown already) consisting of roman silver, the Mildenhall manor is also discussed, none of which belong to the Mildenhalls at all, but are none the less interesting.The history of the small market town of Mildenhall can be traced back to Anglo-Saxon times although nothing remains of the original settlement except for a large cemetery just outside the limits of the present town. The Domesday survey of 1086 recorded that the town was well established with a church, a mill and a total of sixty-four families, not to mention a flock of a thousand sheep. The whole of the manor of Mildenhall belonged to the abbey of Bury St Edmunds and the abbot had total control over the area, including the right to hang criminals in the market-place. On a less macabre note, a weekly market on Fridays has been held regularly since 1412
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in my property class i learned that we can claim the treasure!! lets go get it!!!
Here's a link to the sight for the other parrish of Mildenhall in England that in Wiltshire http://www.minal.org.uk/front.htm
This Mildenhall (pronounced and also sometimes spelled as "Minall") is about 5 miles away from Ramsbury which is the parish where our Mildenhall family came from (going back to about 1600) and also where the Mendenhall's in the USA came from. There is a link to Ramsbury's home page on the Mildenhal home page. Also, there is a Mendenhall web site (www.mendenhall.org) that has a lot of good geneological information on this site. If you go to their data repository and search on Glen Mildenhall then pick the Glen Mendenhall (they've changed all the Mildenhall's to Mendenhall) born in Provo in 1900 (my grandfather) then you can see the line back into the 1500's.
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