Maldon was established in A.D. 916 to defend what had been a gateway for the Romans, Saxons and Vikings. For the next 1,000 years the town developed slowly until the 19th century when industries such as brewing, salt-making and boat-building caused an increase in the population. "... immensely readable and, as with all of these quality pictorial histories published by Phillimore & Co., extremely dip-in-able." The Journal.
ISBN: | 9781860770166 |
Publication date: | 1st September 1996 |
Author: | John Marriage |
Publisher: | Phillimore & Co. an imprint of The History Press |
Format: | Paperback |
Genres: |
Local history |