North Mundham

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North Mundham
Sussex
North Mundham St Stephen.jpg
Church of St. Stephen
Location
Grid reference: SU875023
Location: 50°48’50"N, 0°45’31"W
Data
Population: 1,201  (2011)
Post town: Chichester
Postcode: PO20
Dialling code: 01243
Local Government
Council: Chichester
Parliamentary
constituency:
Chichester

North Mundham is a village in Sussex, beside the B2166 road two miles south-east of Chichester.

Name

The earliest known appearance of the name is se norþra Mundan ham, which is listed as appurtenant in a charter from AD 680 by which Cædwalla of Wessex gave Pagham to Wilfrid.[1] This may mean 'the north protectors' homestead'.[2]

History

Mundham (not distinguishing between North Mundham and South Mundham) was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 in the Hundred of Stockbridge as having 30 households, plough lands, church and mills, and a value of 8 pounds.[3]

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References

  1. Birch, W. (Ed.). (2012). Cartularium Saxonicum: A Collection of Charters Relating to Anglo-Saxon History (Cambridge Library Collection - Mediæval History). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139177337
  2. Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9
  3. North Mundham in the Domesday Book