Norfolk: Mundham

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Mundham is about 9 miles S.E. of Norwich.
See also Mendham and Mundford.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Brooke, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Peter.
There was also a church dedicated to St Ethelbert.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Peter: Description, history and pictures.
Church of St Peter: Services, etc.
Church of St Ethelbert: Description and pictures of the ruins.

Church Records

Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Mundham was in Loddon and Clavering Registration District.

Description and Travel

Mundham Post Mill: Description, history and picture.

Gazetteers and Directories

Mundham is in Loddon hundred.

History

Chandler, Rev William Burgess Hunt; and Balls, Thomas Fisher: Notes on the Parish of Mundham, Norfolk.
[1985]

Land and Property

Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of Claims (82): Seething, Kirstead, Mundham and Sisland.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1813.
[1813]
Great Britain: Statute: Seething and other parishes Inclosure Act, 1813.
An act for inclosing lands within the parishes of Seething, Kirstead, Mundham, and Sisland, in the county of Norfolk: 15 April 1813.
[1813]

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Loddon and Clavering Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Mundham became part of the Loddon and Clavering Union, and the workhouse was at Heckingham.

Population

These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1801 46 51 242

1811 46 56 265

1821 44 65 304

1831 46 64 314

1841 69 -- 308

1851 68 -- 293

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 61 -- 282

1871 63 67 269

1881 62 63 295

1891 59 59 282

1901 52 52 233

1911 -- 59 234

There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.

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