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| Old and new maps of Colchester |
The Hoydens are delighted to welcome Struan Bates of The English Civil War website. If you are interested in the English Civil War his site is well worth a visit and he has recently set up a forum for those of us passionate about the English Civil War.
A couple of weekends back I managed a quick jaunt around the surviving sites from the 1648 Siege of Colchester.
My guides: the excellent 1997 reprinting of a contemporary siege map produced by Colchester Archaeological Society and the detailed account transcribed in Daniel Defoe's 1722 Essex tour diary ...
