Nevendon
| Nevendon | |
| Essex | |
|---|---|
 St Peter's Church, Nevendon | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ754914 |
| Location: | 51°35’42"N, 0°31’55"E |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | SS12 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Basildon |
Nevendon is a village at the edge of Basildon in Essex. The village historically comprised loose-knit development along the road from St Peter's Church in the south up to the moated manor house of Nevendon Manor in the north.
The A127 road was built through the village in the early 1920s, severing the two ends of the village from each other. In 1949, the part of Nevendon south of the A127 was included in the designated area for the new town of Basildon. That area, which includes the part of the old Nevendon village around St Peter's Church, now forms part of the built up area of Basildon. The part of the old Nevendon village north of the A127, including the area around Nevendon Manor, now forms part of the civil parish of Wickford.
History
The name Nevendon probably means "at the level valley", although it may alternatively mean the valley of someone called Hnefa.[1] The name was historically sometimes given as "Newendon".[2]
In the Domesday Book of 1086 there were two estates or manors recorded at the vill of Nezendena in the Barstable Hundred of Essex.[3][4] The two manors were not named in Domesday Book, but were later known as Nevendon or Bromfords to the north, and Fryerns to the south.[5]
No church or priest is recorded in the Domesday Book, but Nevendon became a parish.[6] The oldest surviving part of its parish church, dedicated to St Peter, is the 13th century chancel. It is thought that the chancel was probably built adjoining an earlier nave of unknown date, which was subsequently rebuilt in the 14th century. The church is now a Grade II* listed building.[7]
At the northern end of the village was the moated manor house of the manor of Nevendon or Bromfords, now known as Nevendon Manor. The current house dates back to the 16th century but is thought to be on the site of an earlier building.[8] Nevendon Hall, opposite the church, was built in 1833.[9]
In the 1840s, Nevendon was described as a straggling village.[5] Ordnance Survey maps from the 19th century show a cluster of buildings around St Peter's Church, from which occasional houses stretched northwards up to Nevendon Manor (then called Little Bromfords) along the lane towards Wickford.[10]
The A127 from London to Southend-on-Sea was built in the early 1920s through Nevendon, passing north of the end of the village around St Peter's Church and south of the end of the village around Nevendon Manor. The road opened in 1924.[11]
In 1949, Basildon was designated a new town, with the area for the new town covering the part of the old Nevendon village south of the A127.
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References
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ "History of Nevendon, in Basildon and Essex". A Vision of Britain through Time. https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6838. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- ↑ Essex L-O]: The Domesday Book Online
- ↑ Nevendon in the Domesday Book
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Nevendon: A Brief History". https://www.basildon.com/history/nevendon/nevendon.html.
- ↑ Information on Nevendon from GENUKI
- ↑ National Heritage List 1122250: Church of St Peter (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1170808: Nevendon Manor (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1170802: Nevendon Hall (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Georeferenced Maps". Ordnance Survey. https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15.0&lat=51.59270&lon=0.50011&layers=257&b=ESRIWorld&o=100.
- ↑ "Wanstead - Southend Road". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 23 July 1924. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1924/jul/23/wanstead-southend-road.