In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Manuden like this:
MANEWDEN, or MANUIDEN, a village and a parish in the district of Bishop-Stortford and county of Essex. The village stands on the river Sort, 2 miles E of the boundary with Herts, 3 W by N of Elsenham r. station, and 4 N of Bishop-Stortford; and has a post office under Bishop-Stortford, and a fair on Easter Monday. ...
The parish comprises 2,486 acres. Real property, £4,092Pop., 740. Houses, 153. The manor belongs to R. Gosling, Esq. Manewden House stands in the centre of the village, and is the seat of J. Thomas, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £215. * Patron, the Rec. St. John W. Thorpe. The church consists of nave, S aisle, N transept, and chancel, with tower and spire; and, excepting the transept, wav all recently restored. There are an Independent chapel, a village school, and charities £49.
Manuden through time
Manuden is now part of Uttlesford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Uttlesford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Manuden itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Manuden, in Uttlesford and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6820
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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