Maldon

Maldon

Maldon, town (parish) and district, administrative and historic county of Essex, southeastern England. The town site, on the south side of the Blackwater estuary, was occupied in prehistoric times, and a burgh was established there by the Saxons. A battle, commemorated in an Old English poem, was fought between the English and the victorious Danes in the area in 991. Maldon remained a royal town, and Henry II granted its first charter in 1171.

Several medieval buildings survive. The district encompasses a largely rural area surrounding the Blackwater estuary and extending south to the estuary of the River Crouch. Area 138 square miles (358 square km). Pop. (2001) town, 14,034; district, 59,418; (2011) town, 14,220; district, 61,629.