About the Archive
Welcome to the Maldon Archive, a remarkable repository of historical images that highlight the rich history and culture of Maldon.
The Maldon Archive is centred around an extensive collection of historical photographs and postcards related to Maldon and its surrounding areas. It houses over 191,223 images, primarily consisting of black and white plates, negatives, colour and black & white slides, as well as a significant assortment of colour and black & white prints and postcards. Additionally, it features Maldon photographs accompanied by a brief history of photography, along with a comprehensive collection of recordings that capture Maldon’s history, life stories, and experiences from local residents, both past and present. Our sound archive comprises wax cylinders, wire recordings, shellac discs, reel-to-reel magnetic tapes, cassettes, multi-track reels, DAT, MiniDiscs, and various digital formats, covering a timeline from June 1927 to March 2023. Access to these materials is exclusively available on our members' website.
The Maldon Archive also offers a distinctive photographic documentation of Maldon, its inhabitants, streets, and buildings, dating back to 1852, thereby providing a visual account of the evolution of Maldon and its district over the past 173 years. Our complete collection of images and sound will gradually be made available online, which will also include an expanding selection of images of artifacts and documents. The Archive is particularly abundant in rural-themed material. The subject matter encompasses local events such as the renowned Maldon Mud Race and the Carnival, locations like Beeleigh and Beeleigh Abbey, Heybridge and Heybridge Basin, as well as former local businesses such as John Sadd & Sons, E H Bentall & Co, and Orth's Garage. It also covers topics of general interest, including a brief history of Maldon its self, Postcards, Maldon's Promenade Park, Maldon’s Pubs and Inns, both of Maldon’s Railways, Sains Farm, Great Totham, the French Family, and Maldon’s Military from both great wars.
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Thames Barges and Maldon's Gas Light, along with Maldon’s Churches and local villages such as Althorne, Bradwell on Sea, Burnham on Crouch, Creeksea, North Fambridge, South Fambridge, Hazeleigh, Mundon, Purleigh, Latchingdon, Mayland, Maylandsea, and Southminster, to name just a few. Additionally, there are commercial and domestic buildings, leisure activities, costumes, agriculture, transport, fishing, and watercraft et cetera. The Archives possess an extraordinary collection of photographs depicting Maldon and its surrounding areas.
If you have an interest in Maldon and the local vicinity, this is the ideal place to discover! This website provides you with access to an incredible wealth of photography. The Archive is continually being updated, and the process of adding images to the collection is ongoing.
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