North Mundham

North Mundham is a village and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the B2166 road two miles (3.2 km) southeast of Chichester.

This article is about the village in Chichester. For Mundham, Norfolk, see Mundham. For South Mundham, see South Mundham.

North Mundham
Church of St. Stephen
North Mundham is located in West Sussex
North Mundham
North Mundham
Location within West Sussex
Area10.27 km2 (3.97 sq mi) [1]
Population1,201. 2011 Census including Runcton[2]
• Density114/km2 (300/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSU875023
• London55 miles (89 km) NNE
Civil parish
  • North Mundham
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCHICHESTER
Postcode districtPO20
Dialling code01243
PoliceSussex
FireWest Sussex
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament

Etymology

The earliest known appearance of the name is se northra Mundan ham, which is listed as appurtenant in a charter from AD 680 by which Cædwalla of Wessex gave Pagham to Wilfrid.[3] Mund is the nominative plural of the Old English word munda, meaning "protector" or "guardian."[4] The suffix -ham is the Old English noun meaning "homestead, village, manor or estate." The suffix -hamm is the Old English for enclosure, land hemmed by water or marsh or higher ground, land in a riverbend, rivermeadow or promontory". Both appear as -ham in modern place-names.[5]

History

Mundham (not distinguishing between North Mundham and South Mundham) was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 in the Hundred of Stockbridge[6] as having 30 households, plough lands, church and mills, and a value of 8 pounds.[7]

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward includes Oving with a total ward population taken at the 2011 census of 2,252.[8]

References
  1. "2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish" (PDF). West Sussex County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  2. "Civil parish population 2011". Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  3. Birch, W. (Ed.). (2012). Cartularium Saxonicum: A Collection of Charters Relating to Anglo-Saxon History (Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139177337
  4. Wiktionary.
  5. Mills, A. D., A Dictionary of English Placenames. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.
  6. "Open Domesday: Stockbridge (Hundred)". Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  7. "Open Domesday: Mundham". Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  8. "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 15 October 2015.

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