Place:Mundham, Norfolk, England

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Mundham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 6.31 km2 (2.44 sq mi). In the 2001 UK census, the population was 168 in 63 households, and the number had grown to 177 by the 2011 UK census.

For the purposes of local government, it falls within the District of South Norfolk.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Mundham from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:

"MUNDHAM, a parish, with a small village, in Loddon [registration] district, Norfolk; on an affluent of the river Yare, 2½ miles W of Loddon, and 5 N of Bungay [railway] station. Post-town: Brooke, under Norwich. Acres: 1,547. Real property, with Sisland: £4,238. Rated property of [Mundham] alone, £1, 327. Population: 282. Houses: 61. The property is divided among a few. The manor and much of the land belong to G. S. Kett, Esq. The living is a p.curacy in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £125.* Patrons, the Trustees of Norwich Hospital. The church is ancient but good; and has a fine Norman doorway, and a tower; and is dedicated to St. Peter. Ruins exist of another church, which was dedicated to St. Ethelbert. Charities, £9."

Research Tips

• GENUKI provides a list of references for Mundham. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
• A map illustrating the individual parishes of Loddon Hundred may be useful.
• GENUKI also advises that the following lists for Norfolk are to be found in FamilySearch:

• England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997
• England, Norfolk Archdeacon's Transcripts, 1600-1812
• England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941
• England, Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1557-1915
• England, Norfolk Non-conformist Records, 1613-1901

• Ancestry.co.uk has the following lists as of 2018 (UK or worldwide Ancestry membership or library access required). With the exception of the index to wills these files are browsible images of the original documents. The files are separated by type and broken down into time periods (i.e., "Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812" is more than one file). The general explanatory notes are worth reading for those unfamiliar with English parish records.

• Index to wills proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich : and now preserved in the District Probate Registry at Norwich
• Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1990
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940

• FindMyPast is another pay site with large collection of parish records. As of October 2018 they had 20 types of Norfolk records available to browse including Land Tax Records and Electoral Registers.