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SAFFRON WALDEN

Saffron Walden (recorded in the Domesday Book as Waledana and later known as Saffornewalden in the 16th century) is an old market town in Essex, England. Until the 18th century it was the principal centre for growing the saffron crocus, hence its name. Saffron and wool paid for the beautiful, dominating church at its heart, one of the largest in Essex, St Mary the Virgin, magnificently rebuilt in about 1500, with the slender spire added in 1832 and rising to 59 meters.
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