Peldon is a village in the Colchester

Colchester (borough)

Colchester is a local government district and borough in Essex, England, the district is named after its main town, Colchester. The borough covers an area of and stretches from Dedham Vale on the Suffolk border in the north to Mersea Island on the Colne Estuary in the south.The borough was formed...

 borough of Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 and forms part of the Winstred Hundred civil parish.

It is near the villages of Little Wigborough

Little Wigborough

Little Wigborough is a village in the Colchester borough of Essex, England and forms part of the Winstred Hundred civil parish. The parish church is dedicated to St Nicholas.Little Wigborough is located between Peldon & Great Wigborough.- External links :...

 and Langenhoe

Langenhoe

Langenhoe is a village in the Colchester district of Essex, England to the south of Colchester. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 536.The village church was once reputed to be amongst the most haunted buildings in Essex...

. The parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin and is a grade 1 listed building.

Peldon was significantly damaged by the 1884 Colchester earthquake

1884 Colchester earthquake

The Colchester earthquake, also known as the Great English Earthquake, occurred on 22 April 1884. It caused considerable damage in Colchester and the surrounding villages in Essex...

. Peldon also had two windmills.

It was in the Winstree hundred

Hundred

Hundred usually refers to the number 100It may also refer to:* Hundred , historically a number not necessarily 100* Hundred , a mostly obsolete geographic term...

.