In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Mundon like this:
MUNDON, a village and a parish in Maldon district, Essex. The village stands near a creek of the Blackwater estuary, 3½ miles S S E of Maldon r. station; and has a post-office under Maldon. The parish comprises 3, 761 acres of land, and 534 of water. Real property, £3, 942. Pop., 322. ...
Houses, 60. Mundon Hall is the seat of T. Solly, Esq. Mundon Wash is a meet for the Essex Union hounds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £160. Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church is partly a stone building, with a brick chancel; and has, at the W end, a heavyhexagonal abutment, surmounted by a wooden belfry. Two children are entitled to gratuitous education at Maldon grammar school.
Mundon through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Mundon, in Maldon and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6833
Date accessed: 29th April 2024
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