Peldon

Peldon's parish church, dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin church and now a listed building, was damaged in the 1884 earthquake.

Peldon is a village in the Colchester borough of Essex, England and forms part of the Winstred Hundred civil parish.[1]

It is near the villages of Little Wigborough and Langenhoe. The parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin and is a grade 1 listed building. The population of the parish at the 2011 census is 559.[2]

During the Iron Age and Roman periods the marshes around Peldon were home to a thriving salt-production industry, and Red hills created by this process can be found around the village.[3][4] Peldon was significantly damaged by the 1884 Colchester earthquake. Peldon also had two windmills.

It was in the Winstree hundred.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.winstred100.org
  2. ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Fawn, A.J., Evens, K.A., McMaster, I., Davies, G.M.R. (1990) 'The Red Hills of Essex; Salt making in Antiquity' Published by Colchester Archaeological Group. (ISBN 0 9503905 1 8)
  4. ↑ de Brisay, K.W. (1978) ‘The Excavations of a Red Hill at Peldon, Essex, with notes on some other sites’ Antiquities Journal LVIII pt.1

Coordinates: 51°49′N 0°54′E / 51.817°N 0.900°E / 51.817; 0.900


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