Mundham

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'''Mundham''', historically '''Mundaham''' or '''Mundhala''',<ref name=dbom>{{Cite web|url=http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/norfolk4.html#mundham|title=The Domesday Book Online - Norfolk M-R|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> is a small [[village]] and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[Counties of England|county]] of [[Norfolk]], England. Archaeological and [[Toponymy|toponymic]] evidence of Mundham's existence predates its appearance in the [[Domesday Book]] survey of 1086, dating back to {{c.}}130 AD in the late [[Pax Romana]] period,<ref name=nhe21872/><ref name=nhe10465>{{cite web | url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?TNF430|title=Norfolk Heritage Explorer: St Peter's Church|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> however, it was not called Mundham until sometime between the 5th and 7th centuries, although there has been consistent activity in the area since the early [[Neolithic]] period.<ref name=nhe28342>{{cite web|url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF28342|title=Norfolk Heritage Explorer: 28342|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> In the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 census]], the population was 177 in 64 households,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126752&c=NR14+6DB&d=16&e=62&g=6450320&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1441449451461&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|access-date=5 September 2015}}</ref> however in the 2021 census, the population had dropped to 147, in 67 households.<ref name=cpm21/> The parish covers an area of {{convert|6.31|km2|abbr=on}}, and is approximately {{convert|9.1|mi|}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freemaptools.com/how-far-is-it-between-mundham_-norfolk-and-norwich_-norfolk-uk.htm|title=freemaptools.com: Mundham to Norwich|access-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> southeast of [[Norwich]] and {{convert|13.5|mi|}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freemaptools.com/how-far-is-it-between-mundham_-norfolk-and-great-yarmouth_-united-kingdom.htm|title=freemaptools.com: Mundham to Great Yarmouth|access-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> west of [[Great Yarmouth]].

For the purposes of local government, it falls within the [[Non-metropolitan district|district]] of [[South Norfolk]], however Mundham does have a [[Parish councils in England|parish council]] responsible for local matters laid down by law, including a role in [[local planning]], it consists of five councillors, and a clerk.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mundhamparishcouncilweb.wordpress.com/about/| title=Mundham Parish Council Website|access-date=14 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.southnorfolkandbroadland.gov.uk/downloads/file/3339/mundham-parish-council-register-of-interests|title=Mundham Parish Council Register of Interests|access-date=4 January 2023}}</ref> The village contains a number of [[Listed building|heritage-listed]] buildings, which include a 12th-century church, multiple farmhouses, and the ruins of a 13th-century church.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/mundham-south-norfolk-norfolk#.YbMnFSiTLmV| title = Listed Buildings in Mundham, South Norfolk, Norfolk|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> The fields and woodland surrounding Mundham have changed little in the past 500 years, and the village itself remains rural with a low population density compared to the national average.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/bulletins/populationandhouseholdestimatesenglandandwales/census2021#toc| title=Ons.gov.uk: Point 5|access-date=14 October 2022}}</ref>

Mundham is located in the [[electoral district]] of [[Loddon, Norfolk|Loddon]], which is part of the [[South Norfolk]] district of the [[county]] of [[Norfolk]], [[England]]. Near the centre of Mundham, there is a small stream which flows into the [[River Chet]]. Mundham borders the River Chet to the north, between Mundham and [[Bergh Apton]], and is located 11 miles southeast of Norwich. In the west, it borders [[Seething]], while in the northeast, it borders [[Sisland]]. In the southeast the extensions of [[Loddon, Norfolk|Loddon]] reach. In the south Mundham borders [[Thwaite St Mary|Thwaite]], and in the southwest it borders with [[Hedenham]].<ref name="Map1">{{cite web|title=Google Map of Mundham |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mundham/@52.5198754,1.432266,13z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x47d9f08022172e07:0x50e1ca8bbc22d70!8m2!3d52.5178223!4d1.4370598|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> The village sign is located near [[Saint Peter|St Peter's]] Church, and depicts a series of houses in the foreground, with St Peter's church and the millennium oak in the background, the sign's supports are carved into a sheath of wheat, with a small mouse and a poppy hidden within them.<ref>See image [[:File:Mundham village sign 3.jpg]]</ref><ref>See image [[:File:Mundham village sign 4.jpg]]</ref> {{TOC limit|4}}

==Toponymy== The name Mundham originates from the pre-7th century word ''Mund'', which is the [[Nominative case|nominative]] [[plural]] of the [[Old English]] word ''munda'', meaning "protector", "guardian" or "hand",<ref name=oewm>[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mund#Old_English Wiktionary].</ref> or the [[Old Saxon]] noun ''mund'', meaning "hand",<ref name=oewm/> both of which come from the [[Proto-Germanic]] ''mundō'',<ref name=pgwm>{{cite web|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mund%C5%8D#Proto-Germanic|title=Wiktionary: mundō|access-date=9 February 2023}}</ref> which itself comes from the [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] word ''*mh₂-nt-éh₂'', which means "the beckoning one".<ref name=pgwm/> The suffix ''-ham'' is the Old English noun meaning "homestead, village, manor or estate,"<ref name=ewh>{{cite web|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ham|title=Wiktionary: -ham|access-date=9 February 2023}}</ref> which comes from the [[Proto-West Germanic]] ''haim'', meaning "home".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/haim|title=Wiktionary: haim|access-date=9 February 2023}}</ref> The suffix ''-hamm'' is the Old English for "enclosure", "land hemmed by water or marsh or higher ground", "land in a riverbend", "[[Wet meadow|rivermeadow]]" or "[[promontory]]",<ref name=ewh/> which comes from the [[Proto-West Germanic]] verb ''hammjan'', meaning "to pinch", "to hem" or "to enclose".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/hammjan|title=Wiktionary: hammjan|access-date=9 February 2023}}</ref> Both ''-hamm'' and ''-ham'' appear as ''-ham'' in modern place names.<ref>Mills, A. D., A Dictionary of English Placenames. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.</ref>

==History== Mundham was founded nearly two millennia ago, in the late [[Pax Romana]] period, with the earliest Roman evidence dating from the reign of [[Hadrian]],<ref name=nhe21872/> however, the name of Mundham dates from the early Anglo Saxon period, in the [[Kingdom of East Anglia]], during the [[Heptarchy]], in the 5th to 7th century AD. St Peter's Church and Mundham Hall were built between then and 1086,<ref name="Building History: Churches">{{cite web|url=https://www.buildinghistory.org/buildings/churches.shtml|title=Building History: Churches|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anglosaxonchurches.co.uk/intro.html|title=Anglo Saxon Churches|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> as they appear Mundham's entry in the Domesday Book.<ref name=dbom/> In the 12th/13th century, Mundham was split into Mundham St Peter's (Mundham Magna) and Mundham [[Æthelberht II of East Anglia|St Ethelbert's]] (Mundham Parva),<ref name=tdem>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q9H_Wj_vPZkC&dq=mundham+population&pg=PA33-IA109|title=A Topological Dictionary of England|author=Nicholas Carlisle|year=1808 |access-date=23 February 2023}}</ref> and St Ethelbert's Church was built for use by Mundham Parva, until 1454 when Mundham reunified, despite this St Ethelbert's stayed open until 1749. In the 12th century, the current iteration of St Peter's was built.<ref name=nhe10465/> Throughout the 19th century, the major landowners of Mundham were usually the owner of Mundham house, which was built sometime prior to 1845, and the lord of the manor in Dickleburgh-Manclere.<ref name=w1845>{{Cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NFK/Mundham/White1845|title = Genuki: Norfolk: Mundham, White's 1845|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> Across from the Church, Roman coins and other artefacts have been found, dating from 130 AD until the end of the Roman Empire's occupation of Britannia in 410 AD.<ref name=nhe21872/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF30426|title=MNF30426 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref>

===Early history=== [[File:Mundham medieval mount.jpg|thumb|left|An unusual mount plate from the mediaeval period<ref name=nhe21872/>]] Mundham was founded as a settlement in the late Pax Romana period, built on the sandy soil of the river Chet, however there has been activity here since the [[Prehistoric Norfolk|earliest period]] of human settlement in Norfolk. Mesolithic blades, and burnt and worked flints<ref name=nhe21872/> as well as [[Neolithic]] flints<ref name=nhe28508>{{cite web|url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF28508| title=MNF28508 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> have been found in nearby fields, as have [[Flint axe|flint]] and bronze axes,<ref name=nhe21872/> [[Scraper (archaeology)|scrapers]] and many other objects.<ref name=nhe28342/>

A number of early Neolithic pits have been discovered, one of which contained burnt wood and debris and a human cremation, other nearby pits have been dated to the Bronze Age, and a ditch and another two pits have been dated to the Iron Age.<ref name=nhe29198>{{cite web | url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF29198|title=MNF29198 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer|access-date=14 October 2022}}</ref> Evidence of the [[Bronze Age Britain|Bronze Age]] appears in a number of [[ring ditch]]es, [[Enclosure (archaeology)|enclosures]] and [[Cropmark|linear crop marks]]. Objects found include arrowheads, assorted metal tools and pottery [[sherds]]. [[British Iron Age|Iron Age]] artefacts were found, along with [[posthole]]s, ditches and pits. Objects from the period include coins, jewellery and pottery.<ref name=nhe28508/>

There is evidence of a Roman settlement, as Roman bricks and tiles,<ref name=nhe21872/> as well as many sherds of Roman pottery have been found, as have personal items such as brooches and cosmetic tools,<ref name=nhe28342/> and coins.<ref name=nhe21872/>

There are remnants of the Norse occupation of East Anglia found in Mundham, such as a silver clasp button which was discovered in the 1980s, it is unparalleled in its design in England, being similar to other buttons from the island of [[Helgö]], which was known to make such items, however its metallurgical properties are similar to other norse silverwork which were made in England, in which case, it may be a copy of a [[Sweden|Swedish]] artefact prototype.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GFDoCQAAQBAJ&dq=mundham&pg=PA31|title=East Anglia and Its North Sea World in the Middle Ages|access-date=4 May 2023}}</ref>

Although the first record of Mundham and St Peter's Church is in the original [[Domesday Book]], Mundham, as indicated by its archaeology and toponymy, was established here in the early Roman Empire, {{c.}}130,<ref name=nhe21872/> however it was named Mundham sometime between the 5th and 7th century AD, as shown by toponymic evidence, and also as the remains of sunken-featured buildings, or [[Pit-house]]s have been excavated,<ref name=nhe29198/> and an Early Saxon inhumation cemetery<ref name=nhe21872/> as well as a Middle Saxon [[posthole]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?TNF430|title=Norfolk Heritage Explorer: Mundham|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> In 1086, Mundham had a population of 76.3 households and had its land split between 13 different owners, giving it an estimated population of 381, putting it in the top 20% of settlements listed in the Domesday Book.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://opendomesday.org/place/TM3298/mundham/|title=Open Domesday: Mundham|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> In the Domesday Book, it is listed as:

<poem style="margin-left:2em;"> "'''Mundaham / Mundhala''': King's land, in the custody of [[Godric the Steward|Godric]]; also in the charge of William de Noyers; Thorold, Ulfketel and Robert de Vaux from [[Roger Bigod of Norfolk|Roger Bigot]]; Jocelyn from St Edmund's; Nigel and Ansger from Robert FitzCorbucion; Isaac; Roger FitzRainard; Ralph FitzHagni. ½ church. Horse at the hall."{{sic}}<ref name=dbom/> </poem>

[[File:St Peter's church - geograph.org.uk - 1455249.jpg|thumb|St Peter's church, Tower and Porch]]

This is also the first mention of St Peter's Church and Mundham Hall, originally St Peter's Church would have been owned and run by the Hall, as the concept of a parish church arrived with the Normans.<ref name=asc>{{cite web|url=http://www.anglosaxonchurches.co.uk/intro.html|title=Anglo-Saxon churches|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="Building History: Churches"/>

===[[England in the Middle Ages|Middle Ages]] to [[early modern period]]=== Unfortunately during this period, Mundham is relatively poorly recorded, however some evidence comes from archaeological finds and church records. St Peter's Church is the oldest building in Mundham, having been first built before the Domesday Book was written, as it has Anglo-Saxon foundations. It also has a beautiful example of a carved Norman doorway. The [[nave]] of the church dates from the 12th century, and the 15th-century bell-tower contains the remains of a relatively plain,<ref name="Font">{{cite web |title=Norman Fonts |url=https://www.greatenglishchurches.co.uk/html/norman_fonts.html|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> Norman [[Purbeck marble]] font,<ref name=ncm>{{Cite web|url=http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/mundham1/mundham1.htm|title=Norfolk Churches: St Peter's|access-date=2 March 2023}}</ref> which was lost from the 1850s to the 1920s, when it was found in a pond in Seething.<ref name=ncm/>

[[File:St Peter, Mundham, Norfolk - Redundant font - geograph.org.uk - 1281169.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Norman Purbeck marble font]]

Sometime after the Domesday Book was written, and sometime before 1224,<ref name=nhe10459/> Mundham was split into two different villages, Mundham St Peter's (or Mundham Magna) and Mundham St Ethelbert's (or Mundham Parva),<ref name=tdem/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buildinghistory.org/buildings/churches.shtml|title=Building history: Churches|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q9H_Wj_vPZkC&dq=%22mundham+parva%22&pg=PP216|title=An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk|year=1808 |publisher=Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> the split was marked by the building of a second church, St Ethelbert's, for use by Mundham Parva. St Ethelbert's wasn't well recorded until the late 13th century, and its rectors date from 1305 until 1454, when Mundham was reunited into one village,<ref name=nsm>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3TqEzwEACAAJ|title=History of Norfolk Churches|author=Hugh Thomas Bryant|publisher=Creative Media Partners}}</ref> although St Ethelbert's continued to operate until its closure in 1749.<ref name=nhe10459/>

In 1430, the manor of Mundham was bought by [[John Fastolf|Sir John Fastolf]], the prototype for [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare's]] [[Falstaff]], before he sold it again in 1451 to Hugh Acton,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_rGa6E32uiwC&dq=mundham&pg=PA123|title=Paston Letters and Papers of the Fifteenth Century|access-date=4 May 2023}}</ref> who was the master of [[Great Hospital|St Giles Hospital]], Norwich, they continued to hold the manor here for over three hundred years.<ref name=hgdn/>

Mundham has a Poor Lands charity which provides a small amount of money to elderly residents of the village using the rent from a plot of land which it owns, the land was left in 1680 by Thomas Spooner and an unknown donor, which brought in 20 shillings and 10 shillings of yearly rent charges in 1845 respectively.<ref name=w1845/> St Peter's Church records date from dates from 1559, the churches of Mundham and Seething have been joined since the 15th century, before they merged with Thwaite, Brooke and Kirstead, forming a group, before being fully joined as a benefice, by order of the council, in 1881.<ref name=bbm>{{cite web|url=https://brooke.churchnet.co/church/history/25|title=Brooke Benefice: Mundham|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref>

===[[Late modern period]]=== [[File:Mundham village sign 1.jpg|thumb|Mundham village sign]] Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, Mundham grew significantly through the [[Industrial Revolution]], with the population peaking in 1831 at 314, Mundham also acquired a general store, a butchers shop, a post-mill, and three Chapels in this period.<ref name=hgdn>{{cite book |title=History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk |date=1854|publisher=William White |location=Sheffield|url=http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/240429}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> St Peter's church underwent considerable growth during this time, as it was refurbished and had the vestry and northern aisle added, giving an extra 50 seats, also, a new [[Romanesque architecture|faux-Romanesque]] font was added, replacing the old Norman font which was then lost for almost a century. Sometime around 1750, Mundham house was constructed as a typical [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] Manor house, and it possesses many interesting [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] features. In 1881, Mundham, Seething, Thwaite, Brooke and Kirstead formed the Brooke [[Benefice]], fully uniting them as one permanent church appointment.<ref name=bbm/>

Throughout the late modern period the major landowners of Mundham changed constantly, in the mid 19th century, G. S. Kett, whom was lord of the manor in Dickleburgh-Manclere, Jonathan Farrow, esquire, the owner of Mundham House, and Edward Clarke, esquire, were the major landowners.<ref name=hgdn/> However in the 1880s, Henry Manners-Sutton, 4th [[Viscount Canterbury]], who lived in Dickleburgh-Manclere, was the major landowner in Mundham,<ref name=hgdn/> but by the late 19th century, the major landowner was Mr Hy. E. Garrod, however, Edward Clarke and his son, Henry, still owned a large area of land in Mundham, and Arthur E. Powell, esq, now owned Mundham house. By this time, Mundham was officially located in the Brooke polling district.<ref name=hgdn/>

Up until 1879 the vicar of the Brooke group, and therefore the vicar of St Peter's Church was J. T. Burt, he lived in a [[Glebe|rectorial manor]] which belonged to the Great Hospital in Norwich, which also held a large area of land and the [[advowson]], the ability to present a nominee for the position of vicar, in Mundham,<ref name=hgdn/> he was then replaced by Charles Hocking Hicks, whom was vicar until 1930.<ref>[[:File:Mundham Plaque 1930 CHH.jpg]]</ref>

==Landmarks== Mundham's buildings display a wide range of architectural styles, from modern red brick houses, Georgian manors, and Tudor farm houses.<ref name=blbm>{{cite web|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/mundham-south-norfolk-norfolk#.YbMnFSiTLmV|title=Listed Buildings in Mundham, Norfolk|access-date=10 February 2023}}</ref> Most of Mundham was built in the 20th century, although the farms are mostly all far older, many of which are among the 13 listed buildings in Mundham.<ref name=blbm/>

===Mundham St Peter's=== When Mundham was two separate villages, Mundham St Peter's, or Mundham Magna (Mundham Greater),<ref name=tdem/> was the smaller, denser, northern part of Mundham and existed until the reunification in 1454. St Peter's Church, the ruins of St Ethelbert's Church, Mundham House, and the site of Mundham Hall, are all located within Mundham St Peter's. It was originally known as Mundham Magna, but was called Mundham St Peter's in more recent writings.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wdsvAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22mundham+magna%22&pg=PA170|title=An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk|last1=Blomefield |first1=Francis |year=1809|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref>

====St Peter's Church==== Located in the west of Mundham, on Loddon road, St Peter's Church is a grade I listed<ref name=hemsp>{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1305975?section=official-list-entry|title=Historic England: St Peter's Church, Mundham|access-date=22 February 2023}}</ref> church, which was originally built in the 7th century AD, as a wooden, Saxon church,<ref name="asc"/> and while none of the [[Saxon]] church remains, the foundations are still Saxon. There has been a church on the site for over a millennium, and it was first recorded in the [[Domesday Book]]. Originally, St Peter's was a [[Catholic]] church, as it predates the [[English Reformation]] by about 900 years, however after the reformation, St Peter's Church became an [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] church.<ref name="Genuki: Mundham, Norfolk">{{Cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NFK/Mundham|title=Genuki: Mundham, Norfolk|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> Most of the internals of the church are 15th century wood carvings, and remain into the current age. St Peter's Churchyard contains graves dating from the late 18th century up to the current day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.loddonhistory.org.uk/mundham.php|title=Loddon History: Mundham Churchyard|access-date=23 February 2023}}</ref>

=====History===== [[File:Mundham Norman Door 1.jpg|thumb|200px|left|The carved Norman doorway]]

======Earlier buildings====== Mundham was first created in {{c.}}130 AD, in [[Roman Britain]],<ref name=nhe21872/> and although Britain was Christian between {{c.}}350 AD and 410, there is no evidence of a Roman church located anywhere in Mundham. After the Roman Empire left Britain in 410 AD, [[Christianity]] was lost in Norfolk until it reached England again in 597 AD,<ref>Mayr-Harting "Augustine" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''</ref> and soon after, in the 7th century, St Peter's church was built, acting as the personal chapel of Mundham Hall, as during [[Anglo-Saxon England]] a church was owned by the local hall, rather than by the parish, as the idea of a parish church arrived with the Normans.<ref name="asc"/> All that remains of the Saxon church is its foundations, as most churches of that period were wooden buildings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/story-of-england/early-medieval/architecture/|title=English Heritage: Early-Mediaeval Architecture|access-date=20 March 2023}}</ref>

======Norman church====== St Peter's church's first written record was in the [[Domesday Book]] in 1086, when it was strangely recorded as a half church.<ref name=dbom/> During [[History of England#Norman England|Norman England]], in the early 12th century, the previous Saxon church was replaced with the Norman nave which exists to this day.<ref name=nhe10465/> The main doorway of St Peter's church is built in a [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] or early [[Norman architecture|Norman]] style, and it was carved by the same master [[Stonemasonry|Stonemason]] as both [[Ashby St Mary]]'s St Mary, and [[Heckingham]]'s St Gregory, as all have the same signature style.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/ashbystmary/ashbystmary.htm|title=Norfolk Churches|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref>

[[File:St Peter, Mundham, Norfolk - Wall painting and monument - geograph.org.uk - 1281164.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The painting of St Christopher on the north wall]]

======Later history====== The [[Chancel]] was added to the church in the early 14th century, as soon after that, the [[Black death]] broke out, and therefore additions to the church would have been very unlikely to have taken place. During the 15th century, the church underwent a large change, with the construction of the bell tower, along with the majority of the internal dressings of the church, such as the [[pews]], the [[rood screen]], and the walls were painted with [[Catholic Art|Catholic imagery]].<ref name=nsm/> After the [[English reformation]] in 1534, when England changed from a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] country into an [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] one, due to this, the paintings of saints on the walls were whitewashed, and other such Catholic dressings were removed, the walls remained covered for almost 400 years, and the majority of which remain covered, all but the [[Saint Christopher]] on the north wall.<ref name=npm>{{cite web|url=https://nrocatalogue.norfolk.gov.uk/index.php/notes-on-seething-and-mundham-made-by-revd-w-b-h-chandler|title=Notes on the parish of Mundham}}</ref> Due to damage to the building, and the expense of repair, St Ethelbert's church was closed in 1749, and with the building quickly becoming derelict, the [[Church bell#Sanctus bells|Sanctus bell]] was taken from the [[Gable]] of the church,<ref name=cbn>{{cite book |title=The church bells of Norfolk|date=1874|author=John L'Estrange|location=|page=166|url=http://milas.spb.ru/~kolobov/books/65.The%20church%20bells%20of%20Norfolk%20-%20where,%20when,%20and%20by%20whom%20they%20were%20made,%20with%20the%20inscriptions%20on%20all%20the%20bells%20in%20the%20county%20by%20J.%20L'Estrange%20(1874).pdf}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> and moved into St Peter's bell tower.<ref name=nsm/>

In 1863, an extra aisle was added to the northern side of the nave, adding 50 extra seats, and would eventually give a place for the church organ. In 1877, a vestry was added for the [[Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria]], as well as a new font in the form of a [[Romanesque architecture|faux-romanesque]] one, this replaced the old [[Norman Architecture|Norman]] [[Purbeck marble]] font which was lost around that time, before eventually being found in a pond in the nearby village of [[Seething]] nearly 50 years later.<ref name=npm/> In the early 20th century, a survey of the interior of the church found the 15th century wall painting of Saint Christopher, and was subsequently uncovered soon after. As well as that, in 1930, a Tudor wafer oven, a recess for the hanging of banners, and a [[consecration cross]] were found in of the walls of the bell tower.<ref name=nsm/> The stained glass [[Keys of Heaven|St Peter's Keys]] on the main window was added in 1953 to celebrate the coronation of [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]]. The pulpit used to be on the right side of the rood screen, however it was removed in 1962 for safety reasons. In 1968, the ancient building was finally installed with electric lighting and heating.<ref name=npm/>

[[File:Mundham Rood Screen 1.jpg|thumb|left|The 15th century rood screen]]

=====Architecture===== The [[nave]] of St Peter's church is a long, narrow Norman build, which dates from the early 12th century,<ref name=nhe10465/> it was built with a rare, early example of [[Scissors truss|Scissor beams]], and, as with many other churches in Norfolk, the walls are painted with saints and other [[Catholic Art|Catholic imagery]], unfortunately these were all painted over during the [[English Reformation]], however a 15th-century mural depicting [[Saint Christopher]] was uncovered, and although a large section is covered by a memorial from 1797, his head and body, the floral border, and a prayer scroll which contains an invitation to pray before the image are revealed. The nave has two Norman doorways, the more elaborate of which is the main entrance to the church, it has three well-carved members, and elaborate scrolls, leaves, and rolls. The other doorway, which is far more plain, is located directly across from the entrance, and while it was once another entrance to the church, it now leads into a vestry. Just inside the door on the right is the [[Holy water font|Holy Water Stoup]], and on the south wall there are two Tudor windows, which have carved heads on the outside of the church.<ref name=nsm/>

[[File:Mundham Reredos 1908.jpg|thumb|250px|The Redoras, carved in 1908]] The 15th-century, wooden [[rood screen]] is used to separate the people's church from the [[chancel]], and is decorated with carved [[cherub]]'s heads, the screen was once painted red and white, but has since lost its colour.<ref name=nsm/> The 15th-century [[pew]]s have carved poppy heads on their ends. On the right of the screen is an hourglass holder, which was used to time the priests sermons, and nearby to that is a recess which marks the way up where the rood loft once was.<ref name=nsm/>

[[File:Mundham Font.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Faux-romanesque Victorian Font]] The [[Reredos]] was added in 1908, having been donated by the rev. Charles Hicks and his wife,<ref>[[:File:Mundham Reredos 1908 Plaque.jpg]]</ref> and was designed as a miniature version of the one from [[Notre-Dame de Paris|Notre-Dame Cathedral]] in Paris.<ref name=nsm/> The chancel has three plain windows, which have the names of the glaziers scratched into them. The only stained glass in the church is on the main window is at the far end of the church, it is a [[Cartouche (design)|cartouche]] of [[Keys of Heaven|Saint Peter's Keys]].<ref name=npm/> Under the main window, the floor has been raised in order to place the altar higher for the congregation, which makes the 15th-century [[Piscina]] (which is contained in a canopied recess) and [[Sedilia]] relatively close to the floor. The mediaeval [[Credence table|credence shelf]] is rare, as it was built with notches to hold the chalice upside-down while it drains.<ref name=nsm/>

[[File:Mundham Organ.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The small, Victorian Organ]] The northern aisle holds the church's small, victorian [[Organ (music)|Organ]], gives 50 additional seats, and on the east wall is a framed brass rubbing of the memorial to [[William Harborne]], whom was the first [[List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to the Ottoman Empire|English Ambassador]] to [[Constantinople]].<ref name=nsm/>

The bell tower was added in the 15th century, and has three stages, with a battlemented parapet, turreted corners and [[gargoyle]]s to throw rainwater clear of the walls. The roof is tiled with [[pantile]]s and slates, however it was originally [[thatching|thatched]]. The arcading of flint on the battlements has the remains of the lettering "'''St Petrus'''", meaning "Saint Peter" in [[Latin]].<ref name=npm/> It contains three bells; the [[Church bell#Sanctus bells|Sanctus bell]], and a pair of [[Angelus|Angelus bells]], which are also called 'the Gabriel bells'.<ref name=nsm/> The Church font, is built in a Victorian [[Romanesque architecture|faux-Romanesque]] style, and is located in the centre of the bell tower. The original 13th-century, Norman Purbeck marble font is depicted in a [[John Sell Cotman|Cotman]] engraving, a copy of which is kept in the church.<ref name=nsm/> Including the fonts, a rare [[Tudor architecture|Tudor]] fireplace/wafer oven, one of only half a dozen left in Norfolk, is located in a recess of the tower, opposite which is a recess for banners.<ref name=ncm/> Just outside of the tower is a 14th-century [[Consecration crosses|Consecration cross]] on the wall. The church also contains a rare example of the Royal Arms for [[George II of Great Britain|George II]] from 1743.<ref name=nsm/>

=====Music===== St Peter's bell tower contains three bells, all three of which date prior to 1553,<ref name=cbn/> the smallest of the three is the [[Church bell#Sanctus bells|Sanctus bell]], this came from St Ethelbert's church when it closed in 1749. It has a very rare "narrow-waisted" design, and is inscribed in latin as:

<poem style="margin-left:2em;">"Ave Maria, Gracia Plena, Dominus Tecum" meaning "Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord be with you"{{sic}}<ref name=cbn/></poem>

The other two bells are a pair of [[Angelus|Angelus bells]], which are also known as 'the Gabriel bells'. These have been in St Peter's church since the bell tower was built in the 15th century, and each have a latin inscription. On the top of each bell is three small shields, and the monogram "RB" is repeated multiple times.<ref name=cbn/> Although the inscriptions appear to be largely nonsense, they read as follows:

<poem style="margin-left:2em;">"Hac In Conclave Gabriel. Nūc Pange Sauve." meaning "Save Gabriel in this room"{{sic}}<ref name=cbn/></poem>

<poem style="margin-left:2em;">"Dulcis Cisto Melis. Campana Vocor Michis." meaning "I call the sweet honey box bell for you"{{sic}}<ref name=cbn/></poem>

A more logical form of the second inscription has "Cisto" replaced with "Cista", "Melis" replaced with "Mellis", and "Michis" being a shortened version of "Michaelis", thus meaning the inscription would read as:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cccbr.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/bn15_97.pdf|title=Bell News: Vol 15|access-date=20 March 2023}}</ref>

<poem style="margin-left:2em;">"Dulcis Cista Mellis. Campana Vocor Michaelis." "Box of sweet honey, I am called Michael’s bell"{{sic}}</poem>

St Peter's church [[Pipe organ|organ]] is located in the northern aisle, and was built in 1877 by [[William Hill & Son]], one of the main organ builders of the 19th century. It is quite a small organ, however, uniquely for such a small instrument, the organ has two full-sized keyboards, as well as a full pedalboard.<ref name=cbn/>

=====Memorials and notable people===== As is typical for such an ancient church, St Peter's Church contains many memorials to those who have contributed significantly to the church, the village, and even the country as a whole.

[[File:Henry Osborn plaque, Mundham church.jpg|thumb|right|290px|Henry Osborn's memorial plaque, placed in 1538]]

======Henry Osborn====== The oldest memorial in the church is dedicated to Henry Osborn, this small metal floor plaque dates from 1538, and is situated at the head of the Chancel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nrocatalogue.norfolk.gov.uk/index.php/osborn-henry-of-mundham-st-peter|title=Norfolk Records Office: Henry Osborn|access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref> It is written in a mediaeval cursive style, and is particularly difficult to read. The entire plaque is transcribed below:

<poem style="margin-left:2em;"> "Of your charitie pray for the soule of Henry Osborn whois bodie lieth buried under this ston / died in the XXIX yeir of our sovreign lord [[Henry VIII of England|kyng Henry the VIII]] on whose soule Jesu have mercy amen."<ref name=ncm/>{{sic}} </poem>

King Henry VIII was crowned in 1509, and this was recorded as the 29th year of his reign, making the year 1538.  This is one of the very last examples of the use of prayer clauses in a memorial inscription in Norfolk, because shortly after [[Prayers for the Dead#Anglicanism|prayers for the dead]] became illegal.<ref name=ncm/>

======William Harborne====== {{Main|William Harborne}} [[File:Mundham Plaque Floor 1617 William Harborne.jpg|250px|right|thumb|The floor plaque for William Harborne, placed in 1617]] '''[[William Harborne]]''' was the [[List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to the Ottoman Empire|first English ambassador]] to [[Constantinople]] from November 1582 until August 1588, leaving it as one of the most powerful positions in the English foreign service,<ref>[[Susan Skilliter]], William Harborne and the Trade with Turkey, 1578-1582 (London: British Academy, 1977)</ref> when he retired to Mundham, living in Mundham Hall until his death on 6 September 1617 at the age of 72. A marble floor plaque was laid in his honour in St Peter's Church, and is engraved with his eulogy, which goes as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishempire.co.uk/maproom/williamharborne.pdf|title=William Harborne.pdf|access-date=7 May 2023}}</ref>

<poem style="margin-left:2em;"> "Behold a dead mans howse who full of dayes, retirde here from the world desert and praise should sitt uppon in vertuous strife, this to instruct and that to wright his life. Heires spare your cost, he needs no tombe in death, who Embassagde for Queene Elizabeth, his next will be when at the generall doome God sends his soule to fetch his bodye home"<ref>See image [[:File:Mundham Plaque Floor 1617 William Harborne.jpg]]</ref>{{sic}} </poem>

He also had a gravestone at St Ethelbert's church, but it has been lost along with the rest of the churchyard,<ref name=nhe10459/> the inscription of his grave read:

<poem style="margin-left:2em;"> "Reader, the dust inclos'd beneath this pile, A life unspotted liv'd; devoid of e'ery guile, Plain in his manners, sincere to his friend, A pattern of virtue with honesty combin'd, Shewn thro' e'ery action while here on earth, 'Till unerring fate had stopt his breath."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol10/pp166-172|title=Loddon Hundred: Mundham|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref>{{sic}} </poem>

[[File:Cooke (of Linstead, Suffolk) arms.svg|thumb|210px|Arms of Cooke Baronets of Broome Hall in Norfolk (Cooke of Linstead, Suffolk) ''Blazon: Or, a chevron engrailed gules between three cinquefoils azure on a chief of the second a lion passant argent''<ref>Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.224</ref>]] Harborne had a significant role in preventing the [[Ottoman Empire]] from supporting [[Spanish Empire|Catholic Spain]] in [[Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)|the war]] against [[Elizabethan era|Protestant England]] that was taking place at the time. Harborne was able to persuade the [[Sublime Porte|Porte]] that Spain was a threat to peace for all of Europe, and although he was unable to obtain a military alliance with the Ottoman empire, the Spanish-Ottoman protocol was not renewed in 1587, and the [[Foreign relations of the Ottoman Empire#Capitulations|Elizabethan Treaty]] was renewed and would continue for another 343 years between [[England]] and the [[Ottoman Empire]], until 1930.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1874534|title=William Harborne and the Beginning of Anglo-Turkish Diplomatic and Commercial Relations|jstor=1874534|last1=Horniker|first1=Arthur Leon|journal=The Journal of Modern History|year=1942|volume=14|issue=3|pages=289–316|doi=10.1086/236634 |s2cid=144475066|access-date=13 October 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He also had a coat of arms, a red shield with three [[bezants]] around a gold Lion. (Blazon: Gules, a lion passant or between three bezants) William's daughter, Elizabeth, married Gregory Randall and had a daughter, also called Elizabeth, whom was born in 1629 and died in January 1652 at the age of 23. Her memorial in latin reads: [[File:Mundham Plaque Floor 1652 Gregorij Randall.jpg|thumb|210px|left|Elizabeth Randall's Floor Plaque]]

<poem style="margin-left:2em;"> "Elizabethae filia unica Gregorij Randall Generosi & Elizabethae uxoris ejus unius filiarum gulielmi Harborne armigeri hic sepultae fuit hense Jan anno 1652, aetatis suae 23"<ref>See image [[:File:Mundham Plaque Floor 1652 Gregorij Randall.jpg]]</ref> </poem>

Which translated into English is: <poem style="margin-left:2em;"> "Elizabeth, the only daughter of Gregory Randall, noble, and Elizabeth, his wife, one of the daughters of William Harborne, esquire, was buried here Jan. 1652, at the age of 23" </poem>

Gregory's son, William, and his wife, Elizabeth (née Cooke) lost four daughters at birth, and laid a stone in their memory in August 1671. Their memorial in latin reads:

<poem style="margin-left:2em;"> "Quatuor infantes filiolae gulielmi randall generosi & Elizabethae uxoris ejus unius filiarum gulielmi cookrade broome barronetti sunt hic sepultae, in quarum memoriam hunc lapidem posvit earum pater hense augusti 1671"<ref>See image [[:File:Mundham Plaque Floor 1671 Randall.jpg]]</ref> </poem>

Which translated into English is: <poem style="margin-left:2em;"> "Four infant daughters of William Randall, noble, and Elizabeth his wife, one of the daughters of William Cooke, baronet of Broome, are buried here, in memory of which their father laid this stone in August 1671" </poem>

[[File:Mundham Plaque Floor 1759 Robert Grimer.jpg|thumb|210px|right|Robert Grimer's Floor Plaque, 1759]] Elizabeth Randall's father was [[Cooke baronets#Cooke baronets, of Broome Hall (1663)|William Cooke, first Baronet of Broome hall]], and her brother, [[Sir William Cook, 2nd Baronet|Sir William Cooke]], became the second and final Baronet of Broome hall.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DqkTAAAAYAAJ&q=%22William+Cooke%22+Brome|title=A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland|last1=Burke|first1=John|last2=Burke|first2=Sir Bernard|last3=Burke|first3=Bernard|date=1841|publisher=Scott, Webster, and Geary|language=en}}</ref>

{{chart top|Harborne/Randall family tree}} {{collapse top}} {{tree chart/start|align=center}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WHA | | ADR | | |WHA=William Harborne<ref>{{cite web|url=https://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/stamp-owners/HAR004|title=University of Toronto: Harborne, William|access-date=17 April 2023}}</ref>|ADR=Anthony Drury}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | |!|}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WHA |y| EDR | |WHA=[[William Harborne]] ({{circa|1542|lk=yes}}–1617)<ref>{{Cite ODNB |last=Woodhead |first=Christine |orig-date=200 |date=January 2008 |title=Harborne, William (c.1542–1617) |id=12234}}</ref>|EDR=Elizabeth Harborne (?-1626)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nrocatalogue.norfolk.gov.uk/index.php/copy-of-court-roll-of-the-manor-of-baynards-being-the-admission-of-john-son-of-william-harborne-d-1617-and-parnell-his-wife-to-reversion-after-the-death-of-elizabeth-his-mother-to-11-5a-in-nine-pieces-in-mundham-and-sisland-inc-in-wykw|title=Norfolk Records Office: Elizabeth Harborne|access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref> (née Drury)|WC1=William Cooke (?-1681)|MAS=Mary Astley}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |,|-|-|-|-|-|^|-|v|-|-|-|.| | | | | | | |Q|}} {{tree chart| WST |y| MGR |~| WC1 |y| MAS | | AHA | | GRA |y| EHA | | JHA |y| HAW | | TWA |y| WWA | |AHA=Anne Harborne<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sydnor.org/eighth_generation.htm|title=Syndor: Anne Harborne|access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref>|TWA=Thomas Ward (?-1632)|WWA=Anne Ward (née Pert)|MGR=Mary Greenwood (?-1686)|WST=William Stewart|HAW=?|JHA=John Harborne<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Cokayne|editor-first=George Edward |year=1903 |title=Complete Baronetage 1649–1664 |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524390 |volume=3 |location=Exeter |publisher=William Pollard and Co}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nrocatalogue.norfolk.gov.uk/index.php/harborne-john-of-lowestoft-suffolk|title=Norfolk Records Office: John Harborne|access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref> (1591-?)|GRA=Gregory Randall<ref>See image: [[:File:Mundham Plaque Floor 1652 Gregorij Randall.jpg]]</ref>|EHA=Elizabeth Randall (née Harborne)|WC1=William Cooke (?-1681)|MAS=Mary Cooke (née Astley)}} {{tree chart| | | |`|-|.| | | |,|-|^|-|.| | | |,|-|-|-|-|-|^|-|.| | | |,|-|'| |,|-|-|-|-|-|'|}} {{tree chart| | | | | JST |~| WC2 | | ECO |y| WRA |y| MRA | | ERA | | ELW |r2| EDW | |JST=Jane Steward (?-1698)<ref>See image: [[:File:St Michael's church - C17 ledger slab - geograph.org.uk - 1406578.jpg]]</ref> |EDW=[[Sir Edward Ward, 1st Baronet, of Bexley|Sir Edward Ward]] ({{circa|1618|lk=yes}}-1684)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RdwvAAAAYAAJ&dq=mundham&pg=PA453|title=An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk|access-date=20 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nrocatalogue.norfolk.gov.uk/index.php/draft-settlement-before-marriage-between-edward-ward-esq-and-elizabeth-daughter-of-john-harborne-esq-relating-to-property-in-barsham-and-mettingham-suffolk-with-schedule|title=Norfolk Records Office: Edward Ward|access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref>|ELW=Elizabeth Ward (née Harborne)|ERA=Elizabeth Randall (1629-1652)|WRA=William Randall (?-1686)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nrocatalogue.norfolk.gov.uk/index.php/probate-copy-of-the-will-of-william-randall-of-thurlton-yeoman|title=Norfolk Records Office: William Randall|access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref>|ECO=Elizabeth Cooke (?-1671)|WC2=[[Sir William Cook, 2nd Baronet|Sir William Cooke]] ({{circa|1630|lk=yes}}–1708)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/cook-sir-william-1630-1708|title= History of Parliament: Sir William Cooke|access-date=23 January 2023}}</ref>|MRA=Mary Randall}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | |)|-|-|-|.| | | | | | | |Q|}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4RA | | NRA | | MBE | |4RA=Four Infant Daughters (1671-1671)<ref>See image: [[:File:Mundham Plaque Floor 1671 Randall.jpg]]</ref>|NRA=Nicholas Randall|MBE=Mary Berry (née Randall)}} {{tree chart/end}} {{collapse bottom}} {{chart bottom}}

======The Grimer family====== The Grimers lived in Mundham for over 250 years, from pre-16th century to the late 18th century, they were first recorded in 1523 when Robert Greymer was born, and last record when Robert Grimer was born in 1772.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DX8L-S43Z|title=Grimer, Robert of Mundham - Familysearch|website=[[FamilySearch]] |access-date=23 February 2023}}</ref> They were some of the major landowners of their time, and have three floor plaques and a wall plaque in St Peter's Church which is over the St Christopher's painting, one of which has their 'self assigned' coat of arms of three golden eagles on a green shield. (Blazon: Vert, three Eagles displayed with wings inverted Or)<ref name=nsm/>

{{chart top|Grimer family tree}} {{collapse top}} {{tree chart/start|align=center}} {{tree chart| ROG |y| GW1 |ROG=Robert Greymer (1523-?)|GW1=?}} {{tree chart| | | |!}} {{tree chart| | | WIG |y| GW2 |WIG=William Grymer (1545-?)|GW2=?}} {{tree chart| |,|-|-|-|+|-|-|-|.}} {{tree chart| ANG | | PRG | | ROG |y| GW3 |ANG=Ann Grymer|PRG=Prudence Grymer|ROG=Robert Grymer|GW3=?}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | |!}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | WIG |y| ETH |WIG=William Grymer (?-1634)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nrocatalogue.norfolk.gov.uk/index.php/grymer-william-of-mundham | title=Grymer, William, of Mundham - Norfolk Record Office Online Catalogue|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref>|ETH=Elizabeth Thrower (?-1621)}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | |,|-|^|-|.}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | ANG | | ROG |y| ANE |ANG=Ann Grimer (1601-?)|ROG=Robert Grimer (1608-?)|ANE=Ann Neale}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!}} {{tree chart| |,|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|^|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.}} {{tree chart| ROG | | ANG | | ELG | | WIG |y| ELR | | JOG | | THG | | EDG |ELR=Elizabeth Reeve|WIG=William Grimer (1644-?)|ROG=Robert Grimer (1637-1680)|ANG=Ann Grimer (1639-?)|ELG=Elizabeth Grimer (1642-1702)|JOG=John Grimer (1644-1728)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nrocatalogue.norfolk.gov.uk/index.php/grimmer-john-of-mundham|title=Grimer, John of Mundham - Norfolk Record Office Online Catalogue}}</ref>|THG=Thomas Grimer (1647-?)|EDG=Edward Grimer (1652-?)}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | |,|-|-|-|-|-|-|^|.}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | JOG | | MAC |y| ROG |y| HAW |JOG=John Grimer (1677-1751)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nrocatalogue.norfolk.gov.uk/index.php/john-grimer-1751-mundham-norfolk|title=Grimer, John of Mundham - Norfolk Record Office Online Catalogue}}</ref>|MAC=Mary Clarke|ROG=Robert Grimer (1690-1759)|HAW=Hannah Wrench}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | |,|'| | |,|^|-|-|.}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | HAM |y| ROG | | HAG | | ELG |~| OSC |HAM=Hannah Mickleburgh|ROG=Robert Grimer (1740-1795)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nrocatalogue.norfolk.gov.uk/index.php/grimer-robert-of-seething|title=Grimer, Robert, of Seething - Norfolk Record Office Online Catalogue}}</ref>|HAG=Hannah Grimer (1723-?)|ELG=Elizabeth Grimer (1734-?)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nrocatalogue.norfolk.gov.uk/index.php/marriage-licence-bond-osmund-clarke-and-elizabeth-grimer|title=Grimer, Elizabeth, of Mundham - Norfolk Record Office Online Catalogue}}</ref>|OSC=Osmund Clarke (?-1793)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nrocatalogue.norfolk.gov.uk/index.php/clarke-osmund-esquire-of-stuston-suffolk|title=Clarke, Osmund - Norfolk Record Office Online Catalogue}}</ref>}} {{tree chart| | | | | |,|-|-|-|v|-|^|-|-|v|-|-|-|-|-|-|.}} {{tree chart| | | | | MAG | | HAG | | ELG |~| THC | | ROG |MAG=Mary Grimer (1767-?)|HAG=Hannah Grimer (1769-1810)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nrocatalogue.norfolk.gov.uk/index.php/grimer-hannah-of-seething|title=Grimer, Hannah, of Seething - Norfolk Record Office Online Catalogue}}</ref>|ELG=Elizabeth Grimer (1771-?)|ROG=Robert Grimer (1772-?)|THC=Thomas Cooke<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nrocatalogue.norfolk.gov.uk/index.php/marriage-licence-bond-thomas-cooke-and-elizabeth-grimer|title=Grimer, Hannah, of Seething - Norfolk Record Office Online Catalogue}}</ref>}} {{tree chart/end}} {{collapse bottom}} {{chart bottom}}

======The War Memorial====== [[File:Mundham Plaque 1918 War Marble.jpg|thumb|Mundham War Memorial]] Mundham's [[World War One|WWI]] war memorial is located on the southern wall of the aisle of St Peter's Church. It is carved from Italian marble, and was unveiled in memory of those who lost their lives in the war. They are listed below as follows;<ref name=gmwm>{{cite web|url=https://media.geograph.org.uk/files/fe9fc289c3ff0af142b6d3bead98a923/Mundham_War_Memorial.pdf|title=Geograph: Mundham War Memorial|access-date=23 February 2023}}</ref>

*Private Alfred William Adams, served in the 7th Battalion of the Royal Norfolk Regiment, and died at the age of 28 on 1 December 1917 during the German advance in the [[Battle of Cambrai (1917)|Battle of Cambrai]], his memorial is found at the [[Cambrai Memorial to the Missing|Cambrai Memorial]], [[Louverval]], Panel 4.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1750716/alfred-william-adams/ |title=CWGC: Alfred William Adams|access-date=19 April 2023}}</ref> The 7th (Service) Battalion was raised in August 1914 from men volunteering for Kitchener's New Armies: it landed at [[Boulogne-sur-Mer]] as part of the [[35th Brigade (United Kingdom)|35th Brigade]] in the [[12th (Eastern) Division]] in May 1915 for service on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]].<ref name=trail>{{cite web|url=http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/norfolk-regiment/|title=Norfolk Regiment|publisher=The Long, Long Trail|access-date=24 January 2016}}</ref> *Private Harry (Henry) Chilvers, served in the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Norfolk Regiment, but was in the 9th Battalion when he died at the age of 43 on 8 October 1918, during the [[Battle of St Quentin Canal]], just over a month before the end of the war.<ref name=gmwm/><ref name=cwgchc>{{cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/556076/h-chilvers/|title=CWGC: H Chilvers|access-date=19 April 2023}}</ref> His memorial is found at High Tree Cemetery, [[Montbrehain]], A33.<ref name=cwgchc/> The 2nd Battalion fought in the [[Mesopotamian campaign]].<ref name=trail/> *Private Albert William Copeman, served in the 9th Battalion of the Royal Norfolk Regiment, and died at the age of 25,<ref name=gmwm/> on 15 September 1916 during the [[Battle of the Somme]], his memorial is found at the [[Thiepval Memorial]], Pier and Face, 1C and 1D.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/759408/albert-copeman/ |title=CWGC: Albert William Copeman|access-date=19 April 2023}}</ref> The 9th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne as part of the [[71st Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|71st Brigade]] in the [[24th Division (United Kingdom)|24th Division]] in August 1915 for operations on the Western Front.<ref name=trail/> *Lance Corporal Robert Copeman, served in the 8th Battalion of the Royal Norfolk Regiment, and died at the age of 23, on 10 December 1916, after the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated in Mundham Graveyard.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2802946/r-copeman/|title=CWGC: Robert Copeman|access-date=19 April 2023}}</ref> The 8th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne as part of the [[53rd Brigade (United Kingdom)|53rd Brigade]] of the [[18th (Eastern) Division]] in July 1915.<ref name=trail/> *Private Edward James Doubleday, served in the 1st Battalion of the Royal Norfolk Regiment, but was in the 3rd Battalion when he died at the age of 32 on 4 June 1916, in the Arras sector before the [[Battle of Arras (1917)|Battle of Arras]], his memorial is found at the [[Arras Memorial]], Bay 3.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1540458/edward-doubleday/|title=CWGC: Edward James Doubleday|access-date=19 April 2023}}</ref> The 1st Battalion was serving in Ireland upon the outbreak of the war and was given orders to mobilise on 4 August, and immediately embarked for [[France]], where they became part of the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War I)|British Expeditionary Force]]. They saw their first action of the war against the [[Imperial German Army]] at the [[Battle of Mons]] in August 1914.<ref name=trail/> *Private James Ewles, served in the 1st Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment, and died at the age of 43 on 19 January 1919, on the Gallipoli peninsula, his memorial is found at the [[List of war cemeteries and memorials on the Gallipoli Peninsula#Cemeteries 2|Ari Burnu Cemetery]], [[Anzac Cove]], G.26.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/621586/james-william-ewles/|title=CWGC: James Ewles|access-date=19 April 2023}}</ref> The 1st Battalion landed at [[Le Havre]] as part of the [[84th Brigade (United Kingdom)|84th Brigade]] in the [[28th Division (United Kingdom)|28th Division]] in January 1915 for service on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] and then transferred to [[Egypt]] on 24 October 1915.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/suffolk-regiment/|title=Suffolk Regiment|publisher=The Long, Long Trail|access-date=21 February 2016}}</ref> *Sergeant Herbert George Fenn, served in the [[Machine Gun Corps]], and died at the age of 23, on 8 October 1917 during the [[Battle of Passchendaele]], his memorial is found at the [[Tyne Cot Memorial]], Panel 154 to 159.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1631722/herbert-george-fenn/|title=CWGC: Herbert George Fenn|access-date=19 April 2023}}</ref> *Private Herbert Nichols, served in the 1st Battalion of the [[Essex Regiment]], and died at the age of 23, on 13 August 1915,<ref name=cwgchn>{{cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/683077/herbert-nichols/|title=CWGC: Herbert Nichols|access-date=19 April 2023}}</ref> after landing at Suvla Bay in August 1915 in the Essex Brigade's attempt to restart the stalled Gallipoli Campaign.<ref>Burrows, pp. 4199.</ref><ref>Westlake, ''Galipoli'', pp. 162–8.</ref> His memorial is found at the [[Helles Memorial]], Panel 146 to 151 or 229 to 233.<ref name=cwgchn/> *Private Harold Thurtle, served in the 1st Battalion of the Essex Regiment, and died at the age of 20,<ref name=gmwm/> on 20 November 1917 during the first day of the Battle of Cambrai, his memorial is found at the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Panel 7 and 8.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1757365/harold-thurtle/|title=CWGC: Harold Thurtle|access-date=19 April 2023}}</ref>

Only one resident of Mundham died during [[World War II]], that being Guardsman Herbert Bertie Reginald Butcher of the 1st Battalion of the [[Coldstream Guards]], he died at the age of 21, on 22 April 1941.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2764086/herbert-bertie-reginald-butcher/|title=CWGC: Herbert Bertie Reginald Butcher|access-date=19 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=gmwm/> When the [[Second World War]] began, the 1st and 2nd battalions of the Coldstream Guards were part of the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War II)|British Expeditionary Force]] in France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coldstreamguards-boro.org/Regimental%20History.htm|title=History of the Coldstream Guards|access-date=26 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906170010/http://coldstreamguards-boro.org/Regimental%20History.htm|archive-date=6 September 2013}}</ref>

[[File:Lt Col George Todd.jpg|thumb|Lt Col George Eardley Todd]]

======George Eardley Todd====== George Todd was born in 1881, to George Nicholas Todd and Bertha Eardley-Wilmot, and married his wife Mary in 1914, he was the churchwarden of St Peter's Church from 1923 until his death in 1939, he is buried in St Peter's graveyard. He held the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]] in the [[British Army]], making him both the only known officer and the highest-ranked military personnel to ever reside in Mundham. He received the [[Order of the White Eagle (Serbia)|White Eagle: 4th Class]] in 1919, and the [[Croix de Guerre]], Chevalier of the [[Legion of Honor]], and Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, {{post-nominals|GBR|OBE}}, after his death. He served as a [[wing commander]] in the [[Royal Flying Corps]] from 1916 to 1917, and later served in the [[Welch Regiment]] in 1920.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/6882528#remember|title=Lives of the First World War:Lt Col George Todd|access-date=18 January 2023}}</ref>

======Samuel Shuckford====== {{main|Samuel Shuckford}} '''[[Samuel Shuckford]]''' ({{c.}}1693–1754) was an English cleric, antiquarian, and mythographer. He was vicar of Mundham from 1722 until he resigned in 1746.<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=25480|title=Shuckford, Samuel|first=Philip|last=Carter}}</ref> After that, he was given the living of [[All Saints, Lombard Street]], London; and was one of the chaplains of George II.<ref name=sscfm>{{citation|author=Shuckford, Samuel|year=1753|title=The creation and fall of man: a supplemental discourse to the preface of the first volume of the Sacred and prophane history of the world connected}}</ref> Between 1712 and 1719 he studied at [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge|Caius College]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], graduating B.A. in 1716 and M.A. in 1720, and later being awarded the [[Lambeth degree]] of D.D.<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Shuckford, Samuel|volume=52}}</ref> Shuckford's major work was ''The Sacred and Profane History of the World, connected from the creation of the world to the dissolution of the Assyrian empire at the death of Sardanapalus, and to the declension of the kingdom of Judah and Israel, under the reigns of Ahaz and Pekah''. This work was intended to serve as an introduction to [[Humphrey Prideaux]]'s ''Old and New Testament Connected''.<ref name=sscfm/>

[[File:Rev. Octavius Mathias.jpg|thumb|left|Reverend Octavius Mathias]]

======Octavius Mathias====== {{main|Octavius Mathias}} '''[[Octavius Mathias]]''' (27 February 1805 – 18 June 1864) was a pioneering [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] priest in New Zealand in the mid-nineteenth century, who was born in Mundham.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Late Archdeacon Mathias |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=LT18640714.2.9 |access-date=22 January 2016 |work=[[Lyttelton Times]] |volume=XXII |issue=1263 |date=14 July 1864|page=3}}</ref> He was [[Perpetual curate]] of [[Horsham St Faith]] then [[Vicar]] of [[Horsford]] until 1850 when he emigrated to New Zealand. He was [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of [[Canterbury, New Zealand|Canterbury]] from 1850 to 1855; and [[Archdeacon of Akaroa]] from 1855 until his death. He died on 18 June 1864 at [[Riccarton, New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Deaths | work=[[The Times]] | location=London, England | date=22 September 1864 | page=1 | issue=24984}}</ref><ref name="LT obit">{{cite news|title=The Late Archdeacon Mathias|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18640621.2.16|access-date=31 March 2017|work=[[Lyttelton Times]] |volume=XXI|issue=1252|date=21 June 1864|page=3}}</ref><ref name="Press obit">{{cite news|title=Christchurch|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP18640620.2.9|access-date=31 March 2017|work=[[The Press]]|volume=IV|issue=512|date=20 June 1864|page=2}}</ref>

======Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers====== {{main|Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers}} '''[[Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers]]''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|PC|DL}} (8 June 1929 – 13 November 2012), styled '''Viscount Tamworth''' between 1937 and 1954, was a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician and member of the [[House of Lords]] as one of the remaining [[hereditary peer]]s. He was one of the few people to serve in the governments of five [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|prime minister]]s. He owned and ran a 150 acre farm in Mundham, starting in 1969.<ref name=wnef>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Xq1AwAAQBAJ&dq=%22mundham%22&pg=PT91|title=Whatever Next? by Earl Ferrers|access-date=9 May 2023}}</ref>

======George William Lemon====== {{main|George William Lemon}} The Reverend '''[[George William Lemon]]''' (1726 - 4 October 1797) was the author of an early [[etymological dictionary]] of the [[English language]], published in 1783. Lemon graduated from [[Queens' College, Cambridge|Queens' College]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], in 1748.<ref>{{acad|id=LMN743GW|name=Lemon, George William}}</ref> He was Rector of [[Geytonthorpe]], Vicar of [[East Walton]], [[Norfolk]] from 1755, and master of [[Norwich School]] from 1769 to 1778. He also held the living of Mundham St Peter and St Ethelbert, and also [[Seething]], however he was never instituted to them.<ref name="DNB">{{cite DNB |wstitle= Lemon, George William |volume= 33 |last= Tancock |first= Osborne William |author-link= Osborne William Tancock | pages= 29-30 |short=1}}</ref> Lemon married Elizabeth Young (1735 – 1804) on 31 May 1760. Both are buried in East Walton.<ref name="DNB"/> [[File:The ruins of St Ethelbert's church - geograph.org.uk - 1455330.jpg|thumb|The ruins of St Ethelbert's church]]

====St Ethelbert's Church==== St Ethelbert's Church is a grade II listed,<ref name=hemse>{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1051135?section=official-list-entry|title=Historic England: Ruins of St Ethelbert's Church, Mundham|access-date=22 February 2023}}</ref> ruined Anglican church, which was originally Catholic, but became an Anglican church during the English reformation,<ref name="Genuki: Mundham, Norfolk"/> when Mundham split into two different villages in the 12/13th century,<ref name=tdem/> it was built for use by the newly created Mundham Parva, and although Mundham reunified in 1454, St Ethelbert's church was not made redundant until 1749, almost 300 years later.<ref name=nhe10459/> It was not well recorded until well into the 13th century, and its rectors date from 1305 until it closed.<ref name=ncm2>{{Cite web|url=http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/mundham2/mundham2.htm|title=Mundham St Ethelbert|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> Located near the centre of Mundham, the ruins of St Ethelbert's church are hidden by a small wooded [[copse]], the edge of the graveyard is marked by the ground sloping away, then there are three pillars of flint and stone topped by elder, two of which form the east wall, either side of a window, while the third forms part of the north wall, these are the remains of the chancel. There are surviving blocks of stone in the former east window outline, and a [[putlog hole]] to the right of it.<ref name=ncm2/>

[[File:Mundham House - geograph.org.uk - 1057590.jpg|thumb|left|Mundham House]]

====Mundham House==== Mundham House is a grade II listed,<ref name=hemh>{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1051133?section=official-list-entry|title=Historic England: Mundham House, Mundham|access-date=22 February 2023}}</ref> late 18th-century, brick house with neoclassical features. It was built in {{circa|1750|lk=yes}}, by one Jonathan Farrow, and is shown on the Faden's map from 1797.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fadensmapofnorfolk.co.uk/mapBrowser.asp?TileId=53&Zoom=0|title=Faden's map of Norfolk|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> The house was extended and altered in the 19th and 20th centuries, and has sash windows, with gauged and rubbed brick arches; a central [[pedimented]] door; a peacock tail fanlight and an elaborately tiled exterior lavatory dating to {{circa|1880|lk=yes}}. The stables also date to the late 18th or early 19th century and have [[lunette]] windows.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101051133-mundham-house-mundham#.YYuSWSjsrrd|title=Mundham House, Mundham, Norfolk|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> It also appeared in White's 1854 - 1890, under the ownership of another Jonathan Farrow, esq,<ref name=hgdn/> who, in 1855 committed adultery with an Elizabeth Parr.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjJHAQAAMAAJ&dq=mundham&pg=RA4-PA90|title=The Law Journal Reports|access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref> Later, Mundham house was inherited by Arthur Ernest Powell, esq, as he was the son-in-law of Jonathan Farrow, having married his only daughter, Mary Elizabeth Farrow.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=47BXAAAAMAAJ&dq=mundham&pg=PA663|title=The Medical Times and Gazette|access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> He also built a chapel in Mundham.<ref name=hgdn/>

====Mundham Hall==== Southeast of St Peter's Church is the site of Mundham Hall,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://maps.norfolk.gov.uk/definitivemaps/TM39NW.pdf|title=TM39NW- Map ref: 321 979|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> it was built during the [[Heptarchy]] of the [[Kingdom of East Anglia]], sometime after 410 AD, but pre 7th-century, as the Hall was the local authority for the village. They also built St Peter's Church as their personal church, because the idea of a parish church came from the Normans, whom St Peter's Church predates.<ref name=asc/> The hall is first recorded in the Domesday book entry for Mundham as owning a horse.<ref name=dbom/> The building was demolished over 200 years ago, however the most recent stables were converted into a private residence, in whose garden the hall's foundations have been found.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.francisfrith.com/mundham/mundham-1884_hosm54403|title=Map of Mundham, 1884|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> The site of the hall is also recorded on the 1826 Bryant's map of Norfolk.<ref name=bmm>{{cite web|url=http://maps.norfolk.gov.uk/highways/historic/bryant6.htm|title=Bryants Map 1826|access-date=10 February 2023}}</ref>

====Mundham Mill==== [[File:Mundham-postmill-c.1935.jpg|310px|thumb|Mundham Mill, {{circa|1935|lk=yes}}]] Mundham Mill was located at the top of Mundham Common, to which it lends the current house its name. As with many sites in Mundham, the mill is first shown on the 1797 Faden's map of Mundham.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fadensmapofnorfolk.co.uk/mapBrowser.asp|title=Faden's map: Mundham|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> In 1819, the mill was owned by William Brown of [[Sisland]], when, on 30 July, two children, Amelia and Robert Pitcher, aged 3{{frac|1|2}} and 4{{frac|3|4}} respectively, were killed when they were hit by the mill's sails, Amelia was knocked down by them, and Robert ran to her assistance, before also being struck and killed, Amelia survived the initial accident, however she died soon after. They were both buried in St Peter's Churchyard two days later, and their death was announced in the Essex Herald on 10 August.<ref name=nfmp>{{cite web|url=http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Windmills/mundham-postmill.html|title=Norfolk Mills: Mundham postmill|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref>

The mill is shown on both the 1826 Bryants map,<ref name=bmm/> and the 1834 Greenwoods map. From 1845 to 1852, the Mill was under the ownership of William Beverly, (b.1800) who lived in the mill house with his family, his wife Mary Ann and his five children; Mary Ann, William, Michael, Emma and Margrett,<ref name=nfmp/> however when William Beverly was declared insolvent in 1852, the mill was sold to G.S Kett, who then auctioned off the mill to Uriah Tibbenham in June of the same year, who ran it from 1864 to 1872. It is next mentioned in 1875, under the tenancy of Johnson Goff. In 1883, the previously wind powered mill was changed to a wind and steam method. Johnson continued under tenancy until July 1901, when he bought the mill at auction, which he continued to run until 1908, when it was bought by Ezra Upton, who ran it until its demolition in {{circa|1936|lk=yes}}, as by 1937 only the broken wall of the roundhouse remained.<ref name=nfmp/>

====The Two Chapels==== Mundham has had two different chapels, all with different branches of [[Protestantism]], which were [[Primitive Methodism in the United Kingdom|Primitive Methodist]], [[Baptists|Baptist]], and [[Wesleyan Methodist Church (Great Britain)|Wesleyan Methodist]], which later became [[Methodism|Methodist]]. The first chapel, on Mundham Common Road, was founded in 1833 as a Primitive Methodist one,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NFK/mundham/Chapel2|title = Genuki: Chapel, Mundham, Primitive Methodist, Norfolk|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> which then became a Baptist chapel in 1849.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NFK/mundham/Chapel1|title = Genuki: Chapel, Mundham, Baptist, Norfolk|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> The second chapel, on Brooke Road, was created in 1893 as a Wesleyan Methodist chapel, constructed by Arthur E. Powell, whom lived in Mundham House at the time, as stated by a stone plaque on the building, however, after the Methodist unification in 1932, it became a [[Methodism|Methodist]] chapel, until its closure in 1980, 87 years later.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NFK/mundham/Chapel|title = Genuki: Chapel, Mundham, Wesleyan Methodist, Norfolk|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref>

===Mundham St Ethelbert's=== When Mundham was two separate villages, Mundham St Ethelbert's, also called Mundham Parva (Mundham Lesser),<ref name=tdem/> was the larger, sparser, southern part of Mundham and existed until the reunification in 1454. Seething observatory, and now the majority of [[Seething Airfield]], are located within Mundham St Ethelbert's. It was originally known as Mundham Parva, but was called Mundham St Ethelbert's in more recent writings.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q9H_Wj_vPZkC&dq=%22mundham+parva%22&pg=PA33-IA109|title=An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk|last1=Blomefield |first1=Francis |year=1809|access-date=14 October 2022}}</ref>

[[File:Seethingairfield-16oct1945.png|thumb|250px|''Seething'' Airfield]]

====Seething Airfield==== {{Main|RAF Seething|Seething Airfield}} Seething Airfield, originally called [[RAF Seething]], was constructed in 1942 for use as an [[United States Air Force|American airbase]] in the [[World War II|Second World War]], and was the base of operations for the [[448th Bombardment Group]], a part of the [[2nd Air Division]] of the [[Eighth Air Force|Eighth American Air Force]].<ref name=s448th>{{cite web|url=https://www.storiesofthe448th.com/448th-bomb-group/|title=storiesofthe448th.com|access-date=19 April 2023}}</ref> They flew [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator|Liberator bombers]] in several missions from 1943 to 1945,<ref name=SAH>{{cite web|url=https://www.seething-airfield.co.uk/history.html|title=Seething Airfield|access-date=26 October 2021}}</ref> during which 350 young men lost their lives.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://448bombgroup.co.uk/|title=448bombgroup.co.uk|access-date=19 April 2023}}</ref> The 448th consisted of the [[712th Bombardment Squadron|712th]], [[712th Bombardment Squadron|713th]], [[714th Bombardment Squadron|714th]], and [[715th Bombardment Squadron]].<ref name=s448th/>

RAF Seething was located mostly in Seething, however after the Second World War the areas of the airfield which were in Seething were returned to farmland, leaving none of Seething Airfield inside Seething anymore.<ref>{{cite web|title=Airfield Finder: Seething Airfield|url=https://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/seething/|access-date=22 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Seething Airfield Website|url=https://www.seething-airfield.co.uk/airfield.html|access-date=22 October 2022}}</ref> In 1963, the Waveney Flying Group purchased the land, which they renovated and continue to use as of 2023.<ref name=SAH/> [[File:Seething Observatory - geograph.org.uk - 156641.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Seething Observatory]]

====Seething Observatory==== Seething Observatory is located in the far south of Mundham, on the north side of Toad Lane, and is run by the Norwich Astronomical Society. Because of the location of the observatory, the light pollution of Mundham is regulated, meaning that the village cannot have any street lights. Because of this, of the five levels of light pollution, (Urban, Suburban, Semi-rural, Rural, & Dark Site) Mundham is at the Rural level, which is the second lowest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gostargazing.co.uk/events/locations/seething-observatory/|title=Seething Observatory|access-date=4 January 2023}}</ref>

===Listed buildings=== In Mundham, there are thirteen [[listed buildings]], twelve of which are Grade II listed, and only one which is Grade I listed, which is St Peter's Church.<ref name=blbm/> {| class="wikitable" |+ |- ! Area !! Name !! Grading !! Description |- !'''Mundham Magna''' | St Peter's Church || Grade I || 12th-century church (with later additions)<ref name=hemsp/> |- ! | St Ethelbert's Church (Ruins) || Grade II || Ruined 13th-century church<ref name=hemse/> |- ! | Abbey Farmhouse || Grade II || Tudor abbey for St Ethelbert's (built {{circa|1567|lk=yes}})<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1051134?section=official-list-entry|title=Historic England: Abbey Farmhouse, Mundham|access-date=22 February 2023}}</ref> |- ! | Elfreder Cottage || Grade II || Late 18th-century cottage<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1170642?section=official-list-entry|title=Historic England: Elfreder Cottage, Mundham|access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> |- ! | Barn at Elfreder Cottage || Grade II || Late 18th-century barn<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1372856?section=official-list-entry|title=Historic England: Barn at Elfreder Cottage, Mundham|access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> |- ! | Hall Farmhouse || Grade II || Late 16th-century farmhouse<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1372855?section=official-list-entry|title=Historic England: Hall Farmhouse, Mundham|access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> |- ! | Barn at Hall Farm || Grade II || Early 17th-century barn<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1170631?section=official-list-entry|title=Historic England: Barn at Hall Farm, Mundham|access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> |- ! | White House Farmhouse || Grade II || 17th-century farmhouse<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1372854?section=official-list-entry|title=Historic England: White House Farmhouse, Mundham|access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> |- ! | Lower Barn || Grade II || Mid 17th-century<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1271138?section=official-list-entry|title=Historic England: Lower Barn, Mundham|access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> |- ! | Mundham House || Grade II || Large Georgian house (built {{circa|1750|lk=yes}})<ref name=hemh/> |- ! | Stables at Mundham House || Grade II || Late 18th-century stables<ref>{{cite web|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101170606-stables-at-mundham-house-mundham|title=British Listed Buildings: Stables at Mundham House, Mundham|access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> |- ! '''Mundham Parva''' | The Laurels || Grade II || Late 17th-century house<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1051132?section=official-list-entry|title=Historic England: The Laurels, Mundham|access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> |- ! | Mundham Grange || Grade II || Late 17th-century farmhouse<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1051133?section=official-list-entry|title=Historic England: Mundham Grange, Mundham|access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> |- |}

==Geography== At {{coord|52.528|1.441}}, 97 miles northeast of [[London]], Mundham's [[topography]] is similar to most of [[East Anglia]], and is made up of river meadows and flat agricultural landscapes, with a combination of sandy soil in the north, and clayey soil in the south. As of 2023, land cover mostly consists of [[Crop|cultivated crops]] and [[Hay]], along with scattered trees, mostly consisting of various varieties of Oak trees. The [[Geology of Norfolk|geological]] system of Mundham mostly consists of [[Cainozoic]] [[Sedimentary]] rock, with a layer of [[Eocene]] [[clay]] and [[sand]] laid down in the [[Paleogene]] Period.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.landis.org.uk/soilscapes/|title=Mundham Soilscape|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> Mundham lies at an average elevation of 30 metres, with a range of 16 to 41 metres, being lower in the north, and higher to the south,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en-gb.topographic-map.com/map-rphgt/Norfolk/?zoom=14&center=52.52463%2C1.43003&popup=52.52679%2C1.43913|title=Mundham Elevation|access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref>

Mundham Magna has slightly acidic [[loamy]] and clayey soils with impeded drainage, and low carbon. The cropping of Mundham is reasonably flexible but more suited to autumn sown crops and grassland. Mundham Parva has similar soil, albeit slightly less fertile, however it has more clay and therefore slower drainage, and although it is still slightly acidic, the soil is base rich.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.landis.org.uk/soilscapes/|title=Mundham: landis.org.uk|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref>

===Climate=== Like most of Norfolk, and much of the British Isles, Mundham has a [[temperate]] [[Oceanic climate|maritime climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Cfb''), with relatively cool summers and mild winters. There is regular but generally light precipitation throughout the year. Mundham's average annual rainfall is 626.2 millimetres (24.65 in) compared to the UK average of 1,125.0 millimetres (44.29 in), and its mean rain days are 115.8 per annum, compared to the UK average of 154.4.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-climate-averages/u12dzxjyc |title=Morley St Botolph UK climate averages |website=Met Office |language=en |access-date=15 October 2019}}</ref>

{{Weather box|location = Mundham, 1991-2020 |metric first = Yes |single line = Yes |Jan high C = 7.25 |Feb high C = 8.01 |Mar high C = 10.83 |Apr high C = 14.05 |May high C = 17.63 |Jun high C = 20.83 |Jul high C = 22.78 |Aug high C = 22.71 |Sep high C = 19.70 |Oct high C = 15.02 |Nov high C = 10.73 |Dec high C = 7.75 |year high C = 14.81 |Jan mean C = 5 |Feb mean C = 5 |Mar mean C = 7 |Apr mean C = 9 |May mean C = 12 |Jun mean C = 15 |Jul mean C = 17 |Aug mean C = 17 |Sep mean C = 15 |Oct mean C = 12 |Nov mean C = 8 |Dec mean C = 5 |year mean C = 11 |Jan low C = 1.53 |Feb low C = 1.46 |Mar low C = 2.64 |Apr low C = 4.66 |May low C = 7.66 |Jun low C = 10.22 |Jul low C = 11.90 |Aug low C = 12.03 |Sep low C = 10.04 |Oct low C = 7.52 |Nov low C = 4.05 |Dec low C = 2.19 |year low C = 6.35 |unit rain days= 1.0 mm |Jan rain mm = 52.26 |Feb rain mm = 44.47 |Mar rain mm = 44.59 |Apr rain mm = 37.90 |May rain mm = 38.02 |Jun rain mm = 57.14 |Jul rain mm = 45.25 |Aug rain mm = 58.07 |Sep rain mm = 46.10 |Oct rain mm = 66.35 |Nov rain mm = 78.24 |Dec rain mm = 57.80 |year rain mm= 626.19 |Jan rain days = 11.07 |Feb rain days = 9.76 |Mar rain days = 8.64 |Apr rain days = 8.66 |May rain days = 8.12 |Jun rain days = 9.06 |Jul rain days = 9.06 |Aug rain days = 9.29 |Sep rain days = 8.64 |Oct rain days = 10.61 |Nov rain days = 11.49 |Dec rain days = 11.43 |year rain days= 115.84 |Jan humidity = 86 |Feb humidity = 83 |Mar humidity = 79 |Apr humidity = 76 |May humidity = 75 |Jun humidity = 75 |Jul humidity = 74 |Aug humidity = 75 |Sep humidity = 79 |Oct humidity = 83 |Nov humidity = 87 |Dec humidity = 87 |year humidity= 80 |Jan dew point C = 3 |Feb dew point C = 2 |Mar dew point C = 3 |Apr dew point C = 5 |May dew point C = 8 |Jun dew point C = 10 |Jul dew point C = 12 |Aug dew point C = 12 |Sep dew point C = 11 |Oct dew point C = 9 |Nov dew point C = 6 |Dec dew point C = 3 |year dew point C = 7 |Jan sun = 64.43 |Feb sun = 71.41 |Mar sun = 118.35 |Apr sun = 175.00 |May sun = 217.19 |Jun sun = 207.23 |Jul sun = 217.53 |Aug sun = 200.32 |Sep sun = 162.28 |Oct sun = 110.81 |Nov sun = 68.44 |Dec sun = 62.31 |year sun = 1675.30 |source 1 = Met Office<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-climate-averages/u12cfksmy |title = Mundham 1991–2020 averages |access-date = 26 February 2022 |publisher = Met Office }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/@12022017/climate |title =timeanddate.com: Mundham 1991–2020 averages |access-date = 7 February 2023}}</ref> }}

==Demography== The demography of Mundham is recorded from 1801 to 2021 and is shown in the table below.

{{bar box |title=Age distribution of Mundham residents, 2021 |caption= Source: 2021 census<ref name=cpm21/> |titlebar=#ccc |float=right |bars= {{bar percent|0–9 years|#1614AD|2.0}} {{bar percent|10–19 years|#1614AD|6.8}} {{bar percent|20–29 years|#1614AD|6.1}} {{bar percent|30–39 years|#1614AD|7.5}} {{bar percent|40–49 years|#1614AD|11.6}} {{bar percent|50–59 years|#1614AD|19.7}} {{bar percent|60-69 years|#1614AD|22.4}} {{bar percent|70–79 years|#1614AD|19.1}} {{bar percent|80+ years|#1614AD|4.8}} }} {{bar box |title=Religion of Mundham residents, 2021 |caption= Source: 2021 census<ref name=cpm21/> |titlebar=#ccc |float=right |bars= {{bar percent|Christian|#1614AD|59.2}} {{bar percent|No religion|#1614AD|38.1}} {{bar percent|Religion not stated|#1614AD|6.1}} {{bar percent|Sikh|#1614AD|0.7}} {{bar percent|Buddhist|#1614AD|0.7}} }}

{| class="wikitable" |+ |- ! Year !! Houses !! Families !! Population<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/m/mundham/|title = GenUKi: Mundham|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> !! Males !! Females !! Area (acres) |- | 1801 || 46 || 51 || 242 || 119 || 123 || |- | 1811 || 46 || 56 || 265 || 130 || 135 || |- | 1821 || 44 || 65 || 304 || 161 || 143 || |- | 1831 || 48 || 64 || 314 || 164 || 150 || 1500 |- | 1841 || 70 || || 308 || 162 || 146 || 1527<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NFK/Mundham/White1845|title = Genuki: Norfolk: Mundham, Norfolk|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> |- | 1851 || 70 || || 293 || 155 || 138 || 1547 |- | 1861 || 61 || || 282 || || || 1547 |- | 1871 || 63 || 67 || 269 || || || 1547 |- | 1881 || 66 || 63 || 295 || 152 || 143 || 1547 |- | 1891 || 64 || 59 || 282 || 158 || 124 || 1562 |- | 1901 || 62 || 52 || 233 || 126 || 107 || 1562 |- | 1911 || || 59 || 234 || 131 || 103 || 1562 |- | 1921 || 59 || 61 || 234 || 123 || 108 || 1562 |- | 1931 || 62 || 62 || 218 || 108 || 110 || 1562 |- | 1941 || || || || || || 1562 |- | 1951 || 53 || 53 || 183 || 101 || 82 || 1562 |- | 1961 || 54<ref name="Mun1">{{cite web |title=Mundham Houses |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10123422/cube/HOUSES|access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref> || 54<ref name="Mun2">{{cite web |title=Mundham Households |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10123422/cube/HOUSEHOLDS|access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref> || 164<ref name="Mun3">{{cite web |title=Mundham Total Population |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10123422/cube/TOT_POP|access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref> || 82 || 82<ref name="Mun4">{{cite web |title=Mundham Gender Population |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10123422/cube/GENDER|access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref> || 1562<ref name="Mun5">{{cite web |title=Mundham's Area in Acres |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10123422/cube/AREA_ACRES|access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref> |- | 1971 || 55 || 53 || 144<ref>{{cite web|title=Access 1971 census|url=https://casweb.ukdataservice.ac.uk/1971/step1.cfm|access-date=27 February 2023}}</ref> || || || |- | 1981 || || || 159<ref>{{cite web|title=Access 1981 census|url=https://casweb.ukdataservice.ac.uk/step1_81.cfm|access-date=27 March 2023}}</ref> || || || |- | 1991 || || || 164<ref>{{cite web|title=Access 1991 census|url=https://casweb.ukdataservice.ac.uk/step1.cfm|access-date=27 March 2023}}</ref> || || || |- | 2001 || 63 || 63 || 168 || || || 1559<ref name=snmp>{{cite web|url=http://www.south-norfolk.gov.uk/democracy/Mundham_parish.asp|title=Mundham parish information|publisher=South Norfolk Council|date=4 January 2006|access-date=20 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010203358/http://www.south-norfolk.gov.uk/democracy/mundham_parish.asp|archive-date=10 October 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | 2011 || 64 || 64<ref>{{cite web|title=Mundham 2011 census|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/brooke-e00136704/industry-qs605ew#sthash.aSyFV3gb.dpbs|access-date=27 February 2023}}</ref> || 177 || || || 1559 |- | 2021 || 67 || 67 || 147 || 73 || 74 || 1559 |}

==Public services== Policing in Mundham is provided by [[Norfolk Constabulary]], [[Fire service in the United Kingdom|Statutory emergency fire and rescue service]] is provided by the [[Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service]], of which the nearest station is in [[Loddon, Norfolk|Loddon]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/safety/norfolk-fire-and-rescue-service/in-your-community/find-your-local-station/southern-area/loddon |title=Mundham - Norfolk County Council |website=www.norfolk.gov.uk |access-date=19 October 2019}}</ref>

The nearest NHS hospital is [[Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital]] in Norwich, administered by [[Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust]]. Ambulance services are provided by [[East of England Ambulance Service]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.eastamb.nhs.uk/ |title=Welcome to EEAST |website=www.eastamb.nhs.uk |access-date=19 October 2019}}</ref>

[[Waste management]] is coordinated by [[South Norfolk|South Norfolk Council]]. Locally produced [[inert waste]] for disposal is processed into fuel for use in [[Cogeneration|combined heat and power]] facilities in Europe.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/rubbish-recycling-and-planning/rubbish-and-recycling/what-we-do-with-waste |title=What we do with your waste - Norfolk County Council|website=www.norfolk.gov.uk |access-date=19 October 2019}}</ref> Mundham's [[distribution network operator]] for electricity is [[UK Power Networks]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk/internet/en/about-us/areas-we-cover/#itop |title=UK Power Networks – Areas we cover |website=www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk |access-date=19 October 2019}}</ref> [[Drinking water]] and [[waste water]] are managed by [[Anglian Water]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.anglianwater.co.uk/ |title=Household |website=Anglian Water Services |language=en-GB |access-date=19 October 2019}}</ref>

==Notable residents== *[[William Harborne]]: First english ambassador to Constantinople, who later retired to, and died, in Mundham. *[[Samuel Shuckford]]: English cleric, antiquarian, mythographer, and author of ''The Sacred and Profane History of the World'', and was the vicar of Mundham from 1822 to 1846. *[[Octavius Mathias]]: Pioneering Anglican priest in New Zealand in the mid-nineteenth century, who was born in Mundham in 1805.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Mundham}}

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