Mundon

Other current and historical names

Munduna

Parish/Community: Mundon
District/Borough: Maldon
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°41'23"N 0°42'15"E
Eastings/Northings: 587023, 202469
OS Grid: TL870024
Mapcode Local: GBR QMR.4WG
Mapcode Global: VHKGV.5S6G

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

Mundon in historic gazetteers

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

Mundon, par. and vil., Essex, 3 ½ m. SE. of Maldon, 3107 ac., pop. 320; P.O.; near vil. is Mundon Hall, seat.

Mundon in the Domesday Book

A village in Wibrihtesherne hundred, in the county of Essex.

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin of Mundon
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo the steward
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eudo the steward
- Taxable Value: 10 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 3/12 in 1066; £19 in 1070; £17 6/- in 1086
- Households: 15 villagers; 14 smallholders; 1 freeman; 7 slaves; 2 freemen
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs
- Woodland: 24 pigs
- Pasture: 200 sheep
- Animals in 1066: 8 cattle; 40 pigs; 4 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 15 cattle; 65 pigs; 4 cobs; 4 beehives

British Place Names

Mundon, Essex

Mundon is a village in Essex

Mundon in historic gazetteers

Mundon in the Domesday Book