Mundon

Coordinates: 51°41′24″N 0°42′35″E / 51.689971°N 0.709833°E / 51.689971; 0.709833

Mundon
Village Sign
Mundon  Mundon shown within Essex
OS grid reference	TL874025
Parish	Mundon
District	Maldon
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHELMSFORD
Postcode district	CM9
Dialling code	01621
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	Maldon and East Chelmsford
List of places: UK • England • Essex

Mundon is a village and civil parish on the Dengie peninsula in the English county of Essex. It lies 3 miles south-east of Maldon. The manor of Munduna passed from the king's thegn Godwin to Eudo Dapifer at the Conquest. Until the Dissolution of the Monasteries it formed part of the estates of St Johns 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.^[1]

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,^[1] 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 once again 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. Mundon Hall is now represented by an 18th-century farmhouse of rendered and whitewashed brick.^[2]

Mundon Furze

Petrified oak trees in Mundon Furze behind St Mary's Church

         

The Furze is one of the last areas of surviving ancient woodland in the Dengie peninsula. The dominant tree species are oak and ash. Pedunculate Oak (Quercus robur) dominates the northern half of the Furze. Bramble (Rubus fruticosus) covers most of the ground layer, with small wet areas supporting Pendulous Sedge (Carex pendula) and Soft rush (Juncus effusus).

Several houses have been built in the southern part of this ancient wood. ^[3]

White House Farm Canal

From 1832 to about 1880 a private canal operated from White House Farm to the River Blackwater.^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} St Mary's Church, Mundon
2. ^ Mundon Hall, Mundon: Grade II listed
3. ^ Maldon Council
4. ^ White House Canal

External links

• Information about Mundon Church on the Friends of Friendless Churches website
• Mundon St Mary on Essex Churches website
• Information and photographs of Mundon village
• History of Mundon