Mundford

Other current and historical names

Mundeforda
Mondefort

Built-Up Area: Mundford
Parish/Community: Mundford
District/Borough: Breckland
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°30'46"N 0°39'14"E
Eastings/Northings: 580194, 293866
OS Grid: TL801938
Mapcode Local: GBR Q9M.J4N
Mapcode Global: VHJFH.932F

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Mundford within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Mundford in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Mundford, par. and vil., Norfolk, on river Wissey, 4 ½ miles NE. of Brandon, 2050 ac., pop. 285; P.O., T.O.

Mundford in the Domesday Book

A village in Grimshoe hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 8 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Mills: 0.5
- Animals in 1066: 5 cattle
- Animals in 1086: 5 cattle
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 5 pigs

British Place Names

Mundford, Norfolk

Mundford is a village in Norfolk

Mundford in historic gazetteers

Mundford in the Domesday Book