Mundon

Mundon
Mundon is located in Essex
Mundon
Mundon
Location within Essex
Population355 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceTL874025
Civil parish
  • Mundon
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMaldon
Postcode districtCM9
Dialling code01621
PoliceEssex
FireEssex
AmbulanceEast of England
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51°41′24″N 0°42′35″E / 51.689971°N 0.709833°E / 51.689971; 0.709833

Mundon is a village and civil parish on the Dengie peninsula in Maldon District in the county of Essex, England. It lies 3 miles south-east of Maldon. The manor of Munduna passed from the king's thegn Godwin to Eudo Dapifer at the Norman Conquest.

The place-name 'Mundon' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Munduna. The name means 'Munda's hill'.[2]

Until the Dissolution of the Monasteries Mundon formed part of the estates of St John's Abbey, Colchester; it passed to Thomas Cromwell before being returned to the Duchy of Lancaster, which held the right of presentation to the vicarage until the 20th century.[3]

The 14th-century timber-framed Church of St. Mary, built within the remains of the moat of Mundon Hall, and likely on Saxon and Norman foundations,[3] has been disused since the 1970s, but is currently in the care of Friends of Friendless Churches, supported by English Heritage. Following a long period of remedial work, the church re-opened to visitors in August 2009. The entire church was underpinned, and much structural work was carried out by Bakers of Danbury. The church was re-glazed, and now, internally, appears lighter than it has in recent years. It is a grade I listed building.[4]

Mundon Hall is now represented by an 18th-century farmhouse of rendered and whitewashed brick.[5]

The village was struck by an F1/T2 tornado on 23 November 1981, as part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak on that day.[6]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  2. ^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.334.
  3. ^ a b St Mary's Church, Mundon Archived 2010-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Historic England. "REDUNDANT CHURCH OF ST MARY (1306956)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  5. ^ Mundon Hall, Mundon: Grade II listed
  6. ^ "European Severe Weather Database".