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| Maps of Colchester, old and new. |
Update: My interactive map - the companion to this article - can be found here (opens in new window).
A couple of weekends back I managed a quick jaunt around the surviving sites from the 1648 Siege of Colchester.
My guides: the excellent 1997 reprinting of a contemporary siege map produced by Colchester Archaeological Society and the detailed account transcribed in Daniel Defoe's 1722 Essex tour diary ...