. with thirty two illustrations and two maps . eorge III,, and of Dr Plume, aMaldon celebrity. The town consists of threeparishes. All Saints, St Peters and St Marys, thetwo former being ecclesiastically united. AllSaints has a unique triangular western tower ofearly I3th-cent, date, and obviously thus builtto fit in with the exigencies of the site at thejunction of several streets ; it is crowned with ahexagonal spire. The south aisle has some re-markable interior arcading of early ; the windows are also of that period. Thenorth aisle has been clumsily restored. Therew
. with thirty two illustrations and two maps . eorge III,, and of Dr Plume, aMaldon celebrity. The town consists of threeparishes. All Saints, St Peters and St Marys, thetwo former being ecclesiastically united. AllSaints has a unique triangular western tower ofearly I3th-cent, date, and obviously thus builtto fit in with the exigencies of the site at thejunction of several streets ; it is crowned with ahexagonal spire. The south aisle has some re-markable interior arcading of early ; the windows are also of that period. Thenorth aisle has been clumsily restored. Therewere considerable restorations both in 1867 and1877. The church contains various 17th-cent. monuments to the DArcy, Wentworth,Jeffrey, and Vernon families. The church of StPeter in the centre of the town having becomeruinous, it was taken down in 1703 by Dr Plume,Archdeacon of Rochester, and a native of Maldon,On the site he built a library of brickwork, whichhe presented to the town ; the embattled towerwas, however, preserved. St Marys church, in 204. MALDON the lower part of the town, claims an early origin ;the base of the tower shows late Saxon or earlyNorman work with Roman tiles ; the upper isTudor brickwork. The chancel is was much restoration in 1886, when a newnorth aisle was built. Considering the age of thetown, there is but little old domestic work. Inthe yard of the Blue Boar there are some notablefeatures temp. Henry Vll. A leper hospital,dedicated to St Giles, was founded at little Maldonin the reign of Henry II. The master, accordingto an inquisition of 1402, had, in aid of the main-tenance of the lepers, all forfeitures of defectivebread, flesh and fish in the town. It was thendeclared that the hospital had been foundedby one of the kings of England for the supportof leper burgesses and for providing a chapel tosay divine service daily in the chapel. In 1481the hospital was conveyed to the abbot andconvent of Beeleigh, who were to undertake allits
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