[16] The fields and woodland surrounding Mundham have changed little in the past 500 years, and the village itself remains rural with a low population density compared to the national average.

[2] There are remnants of the Norse occupation of East Anglia found in Mundham, such as a silver clasp button which was discovered in the 1980s, it is unparalleled in its design in England, being similar to other buttons from the island of Helgö, which was known to make such items, however its metallurgical properties are similar to other norse silverwork which were made in England, in which case, it may be a copy of a Swedish artefact prototype.

[36] In the Domesday Book, it is listed as: "Mundaham / Mundhala: King's land, in the custody of Godric; also in the charge of William de Noyers; Thorold, Ulfketel and Robert de Vaux from Roger Bigot; Jocelyn from St Edmund's; Nigel and Ansger from Robert FitzCorbucion; Isaac; Roger FitzRainard; Ralph FitzHagni.

St Peter's Church is the oldest building in Mundham, having been first built before the Domesday Book was written, as it has Anglo-Saxon foundations.

The nave of the church dates from the 12th century, and the 15th-century bell-tower contains the remains of a relatively plain,[38] Norman Purbeck marble font,[39] which was lost from the 1850s to the 1920s, when it was found in a pond in Seething.

As well as that, in 1930, a Tudor wafer oven, a recess for the hanging of banners, and a consecration cross were found in of the walls of the bell tower.

[42] The stained glass St Peter's Keys on the main window was added in 1953 to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

[55] The nave of St Peter's church is a long, narrow Norman build, which dates from the early 12th century,[9] it was built with a rare, early example of Scissor beams, and, as with many other churches in Norfolk, the walls are painted with saints and other Catholic imagery, unfortunately these were all painted over during the English Reformation, however a 15th-century mural depicting Saint Christopher was uncovered, and although a large section is covered by a memorial from 1797, his head and body, the floral border, and a prayer scroll which contains an invitation to pray before the image are revealed.

Just inside the door on the right is the Holy Water Stoup, and on the south wall there are two Tudor windows, which have carved heads on the outside of the church.

[42] The northern aisle holds the church's small, victorian Organ, gives 50 additional seats, and on the east wall is a framed brass rubbing of the memorial to William Harborne, whom was the first English Ambassador to Constantinople.

[42] The bell tower was added in the 15th century, and has three stages, with a battlemented parapet, turreted corners and gargoyles to throw rainwater clear of the walls.

The oldest memorial in the church is dedicated to Henry Osborn, this small metal floor plaque dates from 1538, and is situated at the head of the Chancel.

A marble floor plaque was laid in his honour in St Peter's Church, and is engraved with his eulogy, which goes as follows:[61] "Behold a dead mans howse who full of dayes, retirde here from the world desert and praise should sitt uppon in vertuous strife, this to instruct and that to wright his life.

Heires spare your cost, he needs no tombe in death, who Embassagde for Queene Elizabeth, his next will be when at the generall doome God sends his soule to fetch his bodye home"[62] [sic] He also had a gravestone at St Ethelbert's church, but it has been lost along with the rest of the churchyard,[3] the inscription of his grave read: "Reader, the dust inclos'd beneath this pile, A life unspotted liv'd; devoid of e'ery guile, Plain in his manners, sincere to his friend, A pattern of virtue with honesty combin'd, Shewn thro' e'ery action while here on earth, 'Till unerring fate had stopt his breath.

"[63] [sic] Harborne had a significant role in preventing the Ottoman Empire from supporting Catholic Spain in the war against Protestant England that was taking place at the time.

Her memorial in latin reads: "Elizabethae filia unica Gregorij Randall Generosi & Elizabethae uxoris ejus unius filiarum gulielmi Harborne armigeri hic sepultae fuit hense Jan anno 1652, aetatis suae 23"[66] Which translated into English is: "Elizabeth, the only daughter of Gregory Randall, noble, and Elizabeth, his wife, one of the daughters of William Harborne, esquire, was buried here Jan. 1652, at the age of 23" Gregory's son, William, and his wife, Elizabeth (née Cooke) lost four daughters at birth, and laid a stone in their memory in August 1671.

Their memorial in latin reads: "Quatuor infantes filiolae gulielmi randall generosi & Elizabethae uxoris ejus unius filiarum gulielmi cookrade broome barronetti sunt hic sepultae, in quarum memoriam hunc lapidem posvit earum pater hense augusti 1671"[67] Which translated into English is: "Four infant daughters of William Randall, noble, and Elizabeth his wife, one of the daughters of William Cooke, baronet of Broome, are buried here, in memory of which their father laid this stone in August 1671" Elizabeth Randall's father was William Cooke, first Baronet of Broome hall, and her brother, Sir William Cooke, became the second and final Baronet of Broome hall.

(Blazon: Vert, three Eagles displayed with wings inverted Or)[42] Mundham's WWI war memorial is located on the southern wall of the aisle of St Peter's Church.

He held the rank of lieutenant colonel in the British Army, making him both the only known officer and the highest-ranked military personnel to ever reside in Mundham.

He received the White Eagle: 4th Class in 1919, and the Croix de Guerre, Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, and Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, OBE, after his death.

[109] Octavius Mathias (27 February 1805 – 18 June 1864) was a pioneering Anglican priest in New Zealand in the mid-nineteenth century, who was born in Mundham.

[112][113][114] Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers PC, DL (8 June 1929 – 13 November 2012), styled Viscount Tamworth between 1937 and 1954, was a British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords as one of the remaining hereditary peers.

[115] The Reverend George William Lemon (1726 - 4 October 1797) was the author of an early etymological dictionary of the English language, published in 1783.

[119] Located near the centre of Mundham, the ruins of St Ethelbert's church are hidden by a small wooded copse, the edge of the graveyard is marked by the ground sloping away, then there are three pillars of flint and stone topped by elder, two of which form the east wall, either side of a window, while the third forms part of the north wall, these are the remains of the chancel.

[121] The house was extended and altered in the 19th and 20th centuries, and has sash windows, with gauged and rubbed brick arches; a central pedimented door; a peacock tail fanlight and an elaborately tiled exterior lavatory dating to c. 1880.

[8] The building was demolished over 200 years ago, however the most recent stables were converted into a private residence, in whose garden the hall's foundations have been found.

[135] Seething Observatory is located in the far south of Mundham, on the north side of Toad Lane, and is run by the Norwich Astronomical Society.

The geological system of Mundham mostly consists of Cainozoic Sedimentary rock, with a layer of Eocene clay and sand laid down in the Paleogene Period.

[152] Like most of Norfolk, and much of the British Isles, Mundham has a temperate maritime climate (Köppen: Cfb), with relatively cool summers and mild winters.

Locally produced inert waste for disposal is processed into fuel for use in combined heat and power facilities in Europe.