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Little bit of today's history: The Battle of Maldon (Maeldune) was fought today in 991CE somewhere very near Maldon, Essex, on the banks of the Panta (now the Blackwater). It was fought on a causeway; possibly Northy Island or more likely Fullbridge Causeway. Essex Alderman Byrhtnoth was killed. The Norse Jarl Olaf Tryggvason (later King of Norway) who headed the Viking army won the battle and was paid £1.3m (2022 equiv) in gold by King Aethelread the Unraed.