BROADWATER HUNDRED LIT tle munden 



The south door, which is two-centred of two moulded 

 orders, is original. The west window, which is 

 much restored, also dates from the middle of the 

 1 4th century. 



The tower is of three receding stages, and is sur- 

 mounted by an embattled parapet and a small needle 

 spire. The string below the parapet has grotesque 

 gargoyles, much defaced, at the angles. The west 

 window appears to be modern. There is an original 

 single light on the south side of the second stage. In the 

 north face of the bell-chamber is a two-light window 

 with a quatrefoil in the head. The windows in the 

 west and south faces are similar but much decayed. 



There is an early 1 7th-century oak pulpit of 

 hexagonal shape, carved with two stages of arcading 

 and enriched with strap ornament. The base is 

 modern. In the chancel are early 16th-century 

 stalls and bench ends, some of them carved with the 

 initials R. K. 



In the churchyard is the octagonal base of an old 

 churchyard cross. 



Of the six bells, the treble is by John Warner 

 & Sons, 1882 ; the second, inscribed 'Jesus be our 

 spede,' 1 6 2 1 , with a shield inclosing an arrow 

 between the letters R.O. ; the third, ' Praise the 

 Lord,' 1621 ; the fourth, 'God save the King,' 

 1621 ; the fifth, ' Sonoro sono meo sono deo,' 

 162 1, all by Robert Oldfeild ; and the sixth, by John 

 Warner & Sons, 188 1. 



The plate includes a cup of 1696. 



The registers are contained in four books : £i) all 

 entries 1558 to 1682 ; (ii) baptisms 1678 to 1787, 

 burials 1678 to 1787, marriages 1687 to 1753; 

 (iii) baptisms 1788 to 1812, burials 1788 to 1812 ; 

 (iv) marriages 1788 to 1812. 



The advowson of the church was 

 ADFOlfSQN from the earliest times in the pos- 

 session of the lords of the manor. 



In 1285 it was conveyed with the manor to John de 

 Kirkeby, 17 and followed the descent of the manor 

 until it came to the Crown at the death of Lady 

 Anne Parr. 18 In 1604 it was granted for one turn 

 to Thomas Nicholson, 18 and in 1688 to John and 

 George Churchill and Thomas Docwray.™ With 

 the exception of these two cases the Crown has 

 presented down to the present date. 31 



In 1581 and as late as 1596 the tithes of sheaves, 

 grain and hay were held by Michael and Margaret 

 Harris. 33 A hundred years later it appeared that only 

 a few of the lands paid tithe, and that some had been 

 commuted for money.- 3 In 1723 and 1789 some 

 of them at any rate were held by the lord of the 



A certificate for a meeting-place of Protestant 

 Dissenters in Great Munden was taken out in 17O0. 25 

 There is now a Gospel Hall at Levens Green. 



In the parliamentary returns of 

 CHARITIES 1786 it is stated that a donor un- 

 known gave a rent-charge of £5 4*. 

 to twelve poor persons. The annuity was redeemed 

 in 1904 by the transfer to the official trustees of 

 £ 20S consols, the dividends of which are applied 

 in pursuance of a scheme 19 May 1905 for aged 

 and deserving poor resident in the parish, with a 

 preference for widows. 



In the same returns it is also stated that a donor 

 unknown gave land for bread for the poor, in respect 

 of which the parish is in possession of 1 3 a. 1 r. 34 p., 

 producing about £m a year, which is applied in 

 the distribution of sheets and towels to about fifty 

 cottagers. 



In 1902 Anne Dawson, by will proved at London 

 14 June, left £160 15/. consols, the annual dividends, 

 amounting to £4 os. \d., to be applied for the 

 benefit of poor widows at Christmas. The stock is 

 held by the offici " 



LITTLE MUNDEN 



Mundane (xi cent.). 



The parish of Little Munden has an area of 1,774 

 acres, of which nearly three quarters are arable land, 

 400 or 500 acres being permanent grass, and over 

 100 acres wood.' The elevation of the parish is for 

 the most part over 300 ft., except a diagonal strip 

 from north-west to south-east where a slight depres- 

 sion is caused by the Old Bourne, at the south-eastern 

 end of which is situated the hamlet of Dane End. 

 Little Munden Church and School, with the Lordship 

 Farm and one or two cottages, are situated half-way 

 between Dane End and Green End, of which the 

 latter is about half a mile north-west of the church. 

 The road from Watton to Great Munden passes 

 across the parish ; at Dane End it is joined by the 

 road from Sacombe, and further on roads turn off 

 eastwards to Potter's Green and Levens Green in 

 Great Munden, and northwards to Haultwick, a 

 hamlet in the north of Little Munden parish. 

 Libury Hall, now a German Industrial Home, is 



in, Libi 



situated in a north-eastern projection of the parish. 

 The rectory is some distance west of Dane End. 

 The parish lies on a subsoil of chalk ; there is a 

 chalk-pit near Lordship's Farm, and a disused one 

 in the west of the parish. The nearest station is 

 Standon, 4 miles east, on the Buntingford branch of 

 the Great Eastern railway. 



The inclosure award was combined with that of 

 Great Munden.' 3 



The following field-names occur in the 14th 

 century : Newelond, Attresfeld, Wykefeld, Brache, 

 Wydiwellefeld and Dymaunfeld * ; and in the 15th 

 century Cumbes Wood, Lynleyze, Hapsele, Pond- 

 feld, Reyneres Croft, Choscscroft, Cuttedenestrate, 

 Crowedenefeld and Velawesfeld. 3 



Previous to the Norman Conquest 



MANORS LITTLE MUNDEN or MUNDEN 



FREF1LL was held by Lewin, a man of 



Earl Harold. Before 1086 it was granted to Walter 



the Fleming, and was then assessed at 5 hides and 



Regis; Clergy Liu « CIom, lo Geo. I, pt. ii, no. zi; 



Feet of F. Herts. Mich, zo G™. III. 

 8. Mich. 23 & 24 a Urwick, op. cit. 598. 



3* Eli/.. ' Statistics from Bd. of Agnc. (1905). 



:Mb. Hit. 33 & "a Shot Bk. I<ul. Aiuarh, 64. 



133*- 



>, p. 154. 



ct. D. (P.R.O.), D 109, n 



17 



