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Mundon Excursions in the County of Essex by Thomas Kitson Cromwell 1818 Mundon, situated between
Lalling and Maldon river, or Blackwater Bay, abutting north towards
Northey island, and on the western side of a creek called Mundon Creek,
which separates it from Steeple. Eudo Dapifer held this manor at the
time of the survey, but gave that and the advowson of the church to St.
John's Abbey in Colchester. The manor came at length to Thomas Western,
esq. of Rivenhall, and is now the property of C. C. Western, esq.
Mundon Hall, the manor-house, stands a little way north of the church.
It is remarkable that all the grave-stones in this church, anterior to
the year 1772, are defaced. A topical Dictionary of the United Kingdom by Benjamin Pitts Caper and Richard Cooper 1813 Mundon is a parish in the hundred of Dengie, Essex 1 miles from Maldon and 40 miles from London. It contains 27 houses and 285 inhabitants on a small creek opposite to Steeple. The Rectory is valued at £13
Essex by J Charles Cox 1909 Mundon (3 m. from Maldon), on a creek of the
Blackwater, has a small church (St Mary) chiefly
of I4th-cent. date ; but the chancel is modern
brickwork. There is a wooden belfry at the west
end, supported by a massive hexagonal abutment
of timber. The square font, with chamfered
angles, stands on four slender shafts, and is of late
Norman date.
Durrants Handbook for Essex - 1887 History and Topography of the County of Essex - 1835
www.essex-family-history.co.uk
This parish lies between Lawling and Blackwater Bay; extending northward towards Northey island.
Distant from Maldon three miles, and from London forty.
The church is a small ancient building, dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
decreased to two hundred and seventy-three in 1831.
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