The earliest known record of Nevendon, then known as ‘Newendon’, goes back to the years before the Norman Invasion of 1066.

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Twenty years later the Domesday Book recorded the village as Nezendena.
 
There are seven structures that have been listed in Nevendon.  St. Peter’s Church and Nevendon Hall still stand but the Rectory and a barn which stood nearby have both been removed in 1989 for the housing developments that were subsequently built there. They were removed from the list in 2021.
 
The British Listed Buildings website shows St Peters to be of 13th Century origin with restoration work being carried out in the 1850's.  The wooden bell 'cote' is thought to have been built in the 17th Century whilst the chancel windows are considered to be 13th Century and have medieval stonework.

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The church and the hall are behind a supermarket by the A127 Nevendon fly-over.  This site had previously been home to a sport pavilion which had been left derelict for several years.
 
Nevendon Hall is now being used for offices but there is brickwork on the building that shows the build date as 1833.  The barn that was listed sat opposite Nevendon Hall.  This may have belonged to Frampton's Farm which stood at the end of Church Lane.

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Both 16th century builds Great Bromfords farmhouse and Nevendon Manor, formerly known as Little Bromfords, are Grade II listed.
 
The children of Nevendon were educated at the National School which was built in 1886.  Nevendon County Primary School was opened on Burnt Mills Road in 1926 and still stands today.  It was last used as a school in 1983.  

The building has since been taken over and used as the Basildon Information Technology Education Centre (BTEC). 

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Mary Hurst, a spinster of Nevendon, was accused of bewitching William Hodge on 24 May 1653.  She was found guilty, 'convicted of felony by witchcraft' and remanded in gaol until 'she shallbe delivered by due course of lawe'.

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