Manuden, Essex

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Manuden is a village in Essex

Other current and historical names

Manuiden
Manewden
The Battle of Maldon

Built-Up Area: Manuden
Parish/Community: Manuden
District/Borough: Uttlesford
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°55'3"N 0°9'59"E
Eastings/Northings: 549095, 226559
OS Grid: TL490265
Mapcode Local: GBR MD5.LX9
Mapcode Global: VHHLN.T2V9

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Manuden within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Manuden in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Manuden or Manewden, par. and vil., Essex, on river Stort, 4 miles N. of Bishop Stortford, 2531 ac., pop. 721; P.O.; in the vil. is Manuden House, seat.

Manuden in the Domesday Book

A village in Clavering hundred, in the county of Essex.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Gernon
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Gernon
- Taxable Value: 7 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £11 in 1086
- Households: 11 villagers; 20 smallholders; 3 slaves; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 1010 pigs
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 8 cattle; 20 pigs; 40 goats
- Animals in 1086: 16 cattle; 60 pigs; 24 goats; 2 cobs; 5 asses
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Gernon
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: 4 men-at-arms (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 5 smallholders; 1 slave
- Meadow: 13 acres
- Woodland: 30 pigs
- Animals in 1066: 8 cattle; 20 pigs; 20 goats
- Animals in 1086: 5 cattle; 33 pigs; 8 goats; 1 foals
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Aubrey de Vere
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Aubrey de Vere
- Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 6 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Meadow: 9 acres
- Woodland: 30 pigs
4th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Amalfrid (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough

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