# Quendon > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Quendon > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Quendon.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quendon > Source revision: 1319518594 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Village in Essex, England Human settlement in England Quendon Church of St Simon and St Jude, Quendon Quendon Location within Essex OS grid reference TL514305 Civil parish Quendon and Rickling District Uttlesford Shire county Essex Region East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Saffron Walden Postcode district CB11 Dialling code 01799 Police Essex Fire Essex Ambulance East of England UK Parliament Saffron Walden List of places UK England Essex 51°57′09″N 0°12′06″E / 51.95239°N 0.20169°E / 51.95239; 0.20169 **Quendon** is a [linear village](/source/Linear_village) in the [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish) of [Quendon and Rickling](/source/Quendon_and_Rickling), in the [Uttlesford](/source/Uttlesford) district of [Essex](/source/Essex), England. Quendon is located on the B1383 (formerly the [A11 trunk road](/source/A11_road_(Great_Britain))) between [Saffron Walden](/source/Saffron_Walden) and [Bishop's Stortford](/source/Bishop's_Stortford). The trunk road status was lost due to the opening of the parallel [M11 motorway](/source/M11_motorway). The village now forms a single bult up area with the adjoining [Rickling Green](/source/Rickling%2C_Essex). ## History This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (May 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The name of Quendon derives from the [Old English](/source/Old_English) *cwena* (queen, or woman) and *denu* (a valley), meaning the valley owned by a queen, or a woman; the queen referred to may be Ricula, wife of King [Sledd of Essex](/source/Sledd_of_Essex), who gave her name to Rickling, the adjacent parish. The history of Quendon is closely associated with its close neighbour, Rickling village.[1] Quendon is mentioned in the Domesday Book, with 10 households populated by 3 villagers, 4 smallholders and 3 slaves.[2] Historically Quendon and [Rickling](/source/Rickling%2C_Essex) were separated by some distance, with the main centre of Rickling village being around its parish church of All Saints. For reasons that are unclear, perhaps due to the heavy loss of life during the 14th Century by the [Black Death](/source/Black_Death) or a significant fire in the old wooden buildings of the day, the main settlement in Rickling parish came to be Rickling Green, immediately south-west of Quendon village. Rickling Green and Quendon village now form a single built up area.[3] The historic "Coffin Path" [bridleway](/source/Bridleway) was used for the parish residents of Rickling to travel to its own church some distance over the fields. The [manor](/source/Manorialism) of Quendon became the property of Thomas Newman in 1520, who built [Quendon Hall](/source/Quendon_Hall), which was re-built in the 17th century by John Turner, who enclosed the park. It was sold during the 19th century to Henry Cranmer, from whom it descended to James Powell Cranmer. Other residents of the hall included [William Foot Mitchell](/source/William_Foot_Mitchell), MP and [Launcelot Cranmer-Byng](/source/Launcelot_Cranmer-Byng).[4] Quendon's parish church, dedicated to St Simon and St Jude, is a small tiled building. Fountain and Drinking Trough The first mention of a postal service in Quendon was in 1793 and the village had a [Penny Post](/source/Penny_Post) service from 1813. The village post office closed in February 2008. Quendon was an [ancient parish](/source/Ancient_parish) in the [Uttlesford hundred](/source/Hundreds_of_Essex) of Essex. In 1949 the parish was merged with the neighbouring parish of Rickling to form a new civil parish called Quendon and Rickling.[5] At the 1931 census (the last before the abolition of the civil parish), Quendon had a population of 156.[6] ## Notable residents The diarist and writer [William Winstanley](/source/William_Winstanley) lived in the village in the 17th century, in a [Tudor](/source/Tudor_style_architecture) farmhouse called *Berries*. Under the pseudonym Poor Robin Goodfellow, he wrote about the joys of celebrating [Christmas](/source/Christmas). This helped to restore the custom of such celebrations after a period when they had been banned by the [Puritans](/source/Puritan).[7] Also, [Henry Winstanley](/source/Henry_Winstanley) famous for the design of the first [Eddystone Lighthouse](/source/Eddystone_Lighthouse), and the Pamphilon family, of which several members were noted violin makers, were thought to be residents. The astronomer [Fred Hoyle](/source/Fred_Hoyle) lived in the village for 10 years just after the Second World War, Quendon being the closest to Cambridge he could afford to live at first. He left to live in Cambridge in late 1957,[8] the same year he was elected a fellow of the [Royal Society](/source/Royal_Society). [Roger Whittaker](/source/Roger_Whittaker), the Kenyan-born English singer/songwriter and musician lived in the parish for a while, having bought Rickling House.[9] ## See also - [The Hundred Parishes](/source/The_Hundred_Parishes) ## References Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Quendon](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Quendon). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["local history of quendon and rickling villages in essex report"](http://www.recordinguttlesfordhistory.org.uk/quendonrickling/quendonrickling.html). *www.recordinguttlesfordhistory.org.uk*. Retrieved 5 May 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Quendon | Domesday Book"](https://opendomesday.org/place/TL5131/quendon/). *opendomesday.org*. Retrieved 5 May 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Population estimates - small area (2021 based) by single year of age - England and Wales"](https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/advanced.aspx). *NOMIS*. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 April 2025. To get data for individual built-up areas, query the 'Population Estimates / Projections' dataset, then the 'Small area (2021 based) by single year of age - England and Wales' and then choose '2022 built-up areas' for the geography. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** 'Death of Capt. L. A. Cranmer-Byng', *Chelmsford Chronicle*, 19 January, 1945, p. 2 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Relationships and changes Quendon AP/CP through time"](https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10245539). A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 26 December 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Population statistics Quendon AP/CP through time"](https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10245539/cube/TOT_POP). [A Vision of Britain through Time](/source/A_Vision_of_Britain_through_Time). Retrieved 26 December 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** *William Winstanley: The Man Who Saved Christmas*, by Alison Barnes, Poppyland, 2007, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-946148-82-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-946148-82-0). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** *Fred Hoyle’s Universe*, by Jane Gregory, OUP Oxford, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-19-850791-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-850791-7), Page 34 & 103. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Seax - Catalogue: SA 1/48/1"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160810020923/http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/Result_Details.aspx?GDH=1&DocID=311512&Reference=SA%201/48/1). Essex County Council. Archived from [the original](http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/Result_Details.aspx?GDH=1&DocID=311512&Reference=SA%201/48/1) on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2013. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Quendon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quendon) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quendon?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.