Mayland Excursions in the County of Essex by Thomas Kitson Cromwell 1818 Mayland, situated about six miles and a half from Maldon, and to the south of Steeple, was probably forest in the Conqueror's time, and belonging to Al- thorn, or rather to Southminster. In records it is written Meilanda. May seems to be derived from a word signifying pasture. Mayland Hall, the manor- house, is at a little distance south of the church. This manor was part of the endowment of St. Osyth's monastery. Little Bicknacre, alias Bicknacre Barns, in Mayland, were granted in 1589 to Robert Wroth and William Wiseman. The church is small, but pleasantly situated on an eminence. A topical Dictionary of the United Kingdom by Benjamin Pitts Caper and Richard Cooper 1813 Mayland is a parish in the hundred of Dengie, Essex 6 miles from Maldon and 40 miles from London. It contains 21 houses and 171 inhabitants. The Rectory is valued at £13 6sh 8d in the patronage of the Governors of St Bartholemews Hospital. Essex by J Charles Cox 1909 Mayland (2 m. from Southminster). The church (St Barnabas), of Kentish rag, dates from 1867.

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