Four buildings in Maldon are to have their first historical interest plaques unveiled next week to commemorate famous people and sites in the town.
The blue plaques, being unveiled by the Maldon Society on Tuesday have been put up outside four sites in Market Hill and the High Street to indicate a site of historical interest or because someone famous once lived there.
A tour of the sites starts at 11am outside the first blue plaque site at 3 Hillside, Market Hill, which served as Maldon's Workhouse between 1719 and 1835 and as a union workhouse until 1873.
The tour then moves to the United Reformed Church in Market Hill where a plaque is being unveiled to commemorate Rev Joseph Billio whose preaching at the site in 1696 led to the phrase "like Billio".
The final two plaques are being unveiled in the High Street , the first at Church House, formerly The Maldon Bookshop, and home of Edward Bright, the Fat Man of Maldon.
Edward Bright was 42 stone and lived between 1721 and 1750.The final plaque is at Cook's Travel Agents in the High Street the one-time home of Moot Hall before the courts and meeting rooms were transferred to the current Moot Hall in 1576.
Published Friday, April 25, 2003
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