Maldon

/ ˈmɔːldən /

noun

a market town in SE England, in Essex; scene of a battle (991) between the East Saxons and the victorious Danes, celebrated in The Battle of Maldon, an Old English poem; notable for Maldon salt, used in cookery. Pop: 20 731 (2001)

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Considerably increased in volume by this addition, it hastens to Maldon and its confluence with the Blackwater.

The authentic account of a further landing in Essex—somewhere near Maldon—was now published.

It was quite dark, but from somewhere over beyond Heybridge a long white ray was sweeping all along this side of Maldon.

The Germans were soundly beaten, with the loss of a large number of prisoners, and galloped back to Maldon in confusion.

Yet the men of Maldon built this tower, and it has set for ever the seal of unique charm upon their church.

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