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MENDENHALL Family History

Recorded as Meldonhall, Mendenhall, Mewdenhall, Mildenhall, Mindenhall and possibly others, this is an English locational surname. Although not absolutely proven, it seems almost certain that the surnames in their various spellings originate from either of two places called Mildenhall, one in Suffolk, and the other in Wiltshire. The former, recorded as Mildenhale in the famous Anglo-Saxon Chronicles of 1050, and as Mitdenehall in the Domesday Book of 1086 derives from the Olde English pre 7th century "aet Middelan hale", meaning "at the middle halh", with halh translating as a stone house! The place in Wiltshire is recorded as "Mildanhald" in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, dated 803 a.d, and means "Milda's valley", with Milda being an early female personal name.