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Peldon is a village in the Colchester borough of Essex, England and forms part of the Winstred Hundred civil parish.〔http://www.winstred100.org〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Parish population 2011 )〕 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.〔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)〕〔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〕 Peldon was significantly damaged by the 1884 Colchester earthquake. Peldon also had two windmills. It was in the Winstree hundred. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peldon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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