Mundon
Major Settlement in the Parish of Mundon
Historical Forms
- Mundunā 1086 DB
- Mundune 1119 Colch
- Mundon(ia), Mundone 1119–98 1332 Londin
- Munden 1190 P
- Mundene 1236 Fees
- Munedene 1185 Templars
- Monden 1238 SR
- Monden parua 1285 Ass
- Mondon(e) 1291 Tax 1323 For 1428 FA
Etymology
There is little to go upon here, but possibly Mundon is for earlier Mundandun , 'Munda 's hill,' v. dun and cf. Mundham (PN Sx 72). The absence of any clear sign of the inflexional syllable is noteworthy, however, and suggests the possibility of a compound of mund and dun , but evidence for the use of mund is hard to find. mund-beorg is used once in the AS translation of the Psalms of a sheltering hill, and a similar compound munddun may be found here, though the hill is not of a kind which would offer much shelter or protection. Munden (Herts) is Munddene (KCD 1354) and would seem clearly to be a compound of mund and denu .