Maldon (district): Maldon, Essex, Heybridge, Maldon, Tollesbury, Burnham-on-Crouch, River Blackwater, Essex, Messing Maypole Mill

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Maldon, Essex, Heybridge, Maldon, Tollesbury, Burnham-on-Crouch, River Blackwater, Essex, Messing Maypole Mill, Woodham Mortimer, Tillingham, Little Totham, Maldon mud race, CM postcode area, River Chelmer, Stow Maries, Althorne, Maylandsea, Cooks Yard, Mundon, Wickham Bishops, Southminster, Bradwell-on-Sea, Woodham Walter, Cold Norton, St Lawrence, Essex, Tolleshunt Major, Purleigh, Hazeleigh, North Fambridge, Langford, Essex, Creeksea, Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Asheldham, Great Totham, Tolleshunt Knights, Steeple, Essex, Dengie, Latchingdon, Mighty Oak Brewery, Bradwell Waterside, Ulting, Oxley Green, Great Braxted. Excerpt: Maldon ( , locally ) is a town on the Blackwater estuary in Essex, England. It is the seat of the Maldon district and starting point of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation. Maldon is twinned with the Dutch town of Cuijk. The charter between the two towns was signed in 1970 to cement the relationship. The place-name Maldon is first attested in 913 in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, where it appears as Maeldun. Maldon's name comes from Mael meaning 'monument or cross' and dun meaning 'hill', so translates as 'monument on the hill'. East Saxons settled the area in the fifth century and the area to the south is still known as the Dengie peninsula after the Dæningas. It became a significant Saxon port with a hythe or quayside and artisan quarters. Evidence of imported pottery from this period has been found in archaeological digs. From 958 there was a royal mint issuing coins for the late Anglo-Saxon and early Norman kings. The tower of St Peter's ChurchIt was one of the only two towns in Essex (Colchester was the other), and King Edward the Elder is thought to have lived here while combating the Danish settlers who had overrun North Essex and parts of East Anglia. A Viking raid was beaten off in 924, but i...