PELDON, a parish in the hundred of WINSTREE,
county of ESSEX, 5 miles (S. by W.) from- Colchester,
containing 438 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry of Colchester, and diocese of London,
rated in the king's books at £16. 15. 10., and in the patronage
of Earl Waldegrave. The church is dedicated
to St. Mary. The parish is bounded on the south-east
by Mersea channel.