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Mondob > Munden >> place-name Mundon (Essex): "protection hill" i.e. probably "raised ground safe from flooding, or protected by fencing" (Old English "mund" + "dun")

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(This is from A.D.Mills, Dictionary of Englis Place-Names, Oxford 1997 and P.H.Reany, A Dictionary of English Surnames, Oxford 1997)