Maulden
Major Settlement in the Parish of Maulden
Historical Forms
- Meldone 1086 DB 1287 Ass
- Meudon 1152–8 NLC
- Maldon(e) 1163–79 BHRSi.120 c.1186–95 NLC 1220 LS
- Maudon(a) 1179 P 1219 FF 1242 Fees887
- Mealdon 1180 P
- Meaudun, Meaudon 1195 Cur(P) 1238 FF
- Malden(e) 1388 Cl 1428 FA 1568 BM
- Maldoun 1518 Award
- Maulden c.1550 Linc
Etymology
Skeat's explanation that it is a dun marked by a mæl or cross is no doubt correct. It is the same name as Maldon (Ess). Some of the early forms are curiously Gallicised, perhaps because the alien priory of St Faith of Longueville held land there.