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MAHG has
produced a number of publications with more under development. The Group
also provides and supports a range of exhibitions and Open Days during
the course of the year.
Exhibitions:
Publications:
EXHIBITIONS:
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The
Group exhibits at conferences and the Essex History Fair.
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There
is an exhibition of the Beeleigh Abbey excavation at the Maeldune
Centre, Maldon, funded by the Foyle Foundation. The exhibition
contains descriptions of the site and finds, examples of pottery,
and small finds. There is a rolling Power Point presentation
providing information on the history of the site and the area within
which it lies, together with further details of the dig.
Display
of sample pottery finds General
pictures of the exhibition are posted on the LHI site. Click on the
dig images on the right hand side, then click on the images on the
left hand side of the LHI pages.
Visit:
http://www.littlebaddow.org.uk/history/index.htm Featuring
the history & archaeology in and around Little Baddow, the History
Centre is located behind the cart-lodge in the grounds of the URC
Chapel. The exhibition provides a fascinating collection of
photographs, pictures, maps, documents, and archaeological artefacts. Opening
times are: Mondays,
Thursdays & Saturdays; 10 am to 12 noon Sundays;
2 - 4 pm The
Centre Coordinator is Andy Coppell who can be contacted on 01245
224896. Directions: From
Danbury; At Eves Corner turn into Little Baddow Road and continue for
approx. 2 miles, turning left into Holybred Lane. Continue to the
junction with Chapel Lane on the left. The URC Church is on the
corner.
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PUBLICATIONS:
Available
from local outlets: All Books; W H Smith; The Maeldune Centre; and the Tourist Information Centre;
or direct from MAHG for £5.99 (plus £2.00 p&p if ordering
directly from MAHG), cheques payable to M.A.H.G.. Contact
Derek Punchard to reserve or order your copy on 01621 788774 or email
Derek at digup@smartemail.co.uk
Stephen
has spent 30 years researching the topic and his book provides a
fascinating account of aerial conflict in the skies over Maldon and
the Dengie accompanied by many contemporary photographs. Available
from local outlets: All Books; W H Smith; The Maeldune Centre; The
Combined Services Museum; The Tourist Information Centre; the Library,
or direct from MAHG for £6.99 (plus £2.00 p&p if ordering
directly from MAHG), cheques payable to M.A.H.G.. Contact
Derek Punchard to reserve or order your copy on 01621 788774 or email
Derek at digup@smartemail.co.uk
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'Maeldune
- Light on Maldon's Distant Past'. A history of Maldon from
pre-history to 1066 (click on image on right hand side). Published
by MAHG in 1992.
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'A
History of Beeleigh Mill'. The story of an impressive mill built on
the banks of the River Chelmer close to Beeleigh Abbey. Although
destroyed by fire in 1875, the remains of the water mill can be seen
together with a marvelously preserved original beam engine. Price
£2.95
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'Underground
Maldon - the cellars beneath the town'. A pioneering piece of
research in the course of which nearly 100 cellars were surveyed
over a three year period. Price £3.50
Extract
from p 33:-
"Because
cellars have frequently escaped modernisation, they can preserve
furnishings and fixtures which are now becoming rare. Old doors and
wooden case locks are occasionally found. A slatted door to the north
part of the cellar beneath Church House is of a sort that used to be
used for larders and indicates how this end of the cellar was used. The
Lodge in Lodge Road has a superb range made by the Eagle Range Co. of
St. Paul's churchyard, London. Some fixtures are peculiar to cellars,
notably pavement lights at ground level to provide light and sometimes
ventilation, and coal chutes".
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'St
Roger of Beeleigh'. The book is a search for an all but unheard of Saint with local Essex
associations, Roger Niger, almost Maldon's patron saint. The results of 10 years research by Local
Historian and MAHG member into a hitherto unjustly forgotten
powerful medieval churchman who was born, and probably educated, at
Beeleigh Abbey. It was to Beeleigh that his heart was returned for
pilgrims to visit. Price £3.95
St. Roger was born about AD 1180, and became in turn, Archdeacon of
Colchester and Bishop of London. His life centred on a turbulent period
of English history, the late twelfth and the thirteenth centuries, and
is a chronicle of political intrigue, of matters spiritual and secular,
of power, wonder and eventual "canonisation".
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'Lofts
Farm' - click on the image on the right hand side.
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The
Group has also published a number of pamphlets on local subjects
such as the churches of Maldon and district. It also issues an
annual MAHgazine and newsletter.
Future
Publications:
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A
survey by the Group of Maldon's graveyards is to be the basis of a
new book which is in the process of being written.
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A
book about the Beeleigh
excavation, funded by the Foyle Foundation,
is being prepared for publication in the autumn of 2006.
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