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ID: 7011850
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Record Type: administrative |
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Maldon (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 51 43 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.7167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 000 41 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 0.6833 decimal degrees |
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Note: The 10th-cen. Anglo-Saxon poem, 'The Battle of Maldon,' records the heroic stand made here by Essex militia against invading Vikings in 991. |
Names: |
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| Maldon (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Malden (NA,V,English,U)
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| Malduna (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
| Meldona (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
| Melduna (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
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Essex (county) (P) |
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Maldon (inhabited place) (P) |
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