"[4]During the Iron Age and Roman periods the marshes around Peldon were home to a thriving salt-production industry, and red hills created by this process can be found around the village.

[6] The manor of Peldon (as opposed to the village) is said to have been established by William the Conqueror in 1086 and was passed on to Sir Thomas Darcy by King Henry VIII.

The early charters show the village to have been of Saxon origin, and to have predated William the Conqueror by over a century at least.

[8] The Colchester earthquake of 22 April 1884 measured 5.1 magnitude on the Richter scale and badly damaged Peldon and much of the area around.

The Peldon Rose, the village's 15th-century inn, rumoured to have been connected by a smugglers' tunnel to nearby Ray Island, still exhibits earthquake damage.

On 24 September 1916, German Zeppelin L33 was damaged during a bombing attack on London, and crashed at New Hall Farm, Little Wigborough, only twenty yards from a nearby house.

[16] The graph captioned "Occupational structure in 1881" shows the huge difference between male and female jobs.

However, a large proportion of women in Peldon were occupied in mainly dress making or unknown occupations.

St Mary's Church in Peldon generally dates back to the 11th century, with Anglo Saxon origins.