Sir William Caley

CHELMSFORD IN THE MIDDLE AGES

The modern town of Chelmsford was created in the Middle Ages. At the time of the Domesday Book (1086), the land on the site of the modern town centre belonged to the Bishop of London. About 1100 Bishop Maurice built a bridge across the River Can. As a result, traffic that used to travel through Writtle was now diverted through Chelmsford............

In 1430 a man named William Caleys was burned to death in Chelmsford for heresy. Then in 1348-49, the Black Death devastated Chelmsford, like the rest of the country. The plague may have killed half the population. However, Chelmsford soon recovered. Some idea of the sanitary conditions in Chelmsford at that time can be gained from the fact that in 1475 the townspeople were forbidden to let their pigs roam the streets! ..........

A HISTORY OF CHELMSFORD - Local Historieshttps://localhistories.org › Blog By Tim Lambert. ROMAN CHELMSFORD. The Romans built a small town on the site of Moulsham. ... In 1883 the Chelmsford and Essex hospital opened.

Added by Janet Milburn 9/2/21

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