MANEWDEN
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales...., by John Marius Wilson. circa 1866
MANEWDEN or MANUDEN, a village and a parish in the district of Bishop-Stortford and county of Essex. The village stands on the river Stort, 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, £4,092. Pop., 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 Rev. St. John W. Thorpe. The church consists of nave, S aisle, N transept, and chancel, with tower and spire; and, excepting the transept, was all recently restored. There are an Independent chapel, a village school, and charities £49.
Transcribed by Noel Clark