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From: "Chris Phillips" <>
Subject: Re: Walden [manor], Essex
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 09:58:04 -0000


Brad Verity wrote:
> What is the present-day equivalent to the Bohun manor of Walden? Is
> it Saffron Walden? Also, I have many of the 13th-14th century Bohuns
> (including Elizabeth, Countess of Hereford, daughter of Edward I)
> buried in a Walden Abbey in Essex. Is that correct, or should it be
> Waltham Abbey in Essex?
>
> The reason I ask is I'm planning my first trip to the UK in April, and
> I'd like to see the former Bohun places in Essex. I found Pleshey,
> but have been unable to determine this Walden Abbey's modern-day
> equivalent.

I'm not sure about "Castle Walden" - I'd like to clarify the business of
"Henry de Bohun" and the later descent of the manor.

The site of Walden Abbey is now occupied by Audley End, a huge Jacobean
mansion built by the Audleys.

Chris Phillips

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