Saffron Walden silver maces were bought by the corporation in 1549 to commemorate the granting of a new town charter by Edward VI. This purchase is recorded in the town's Guild of Holy Trinity accounts and reads, ""For 2 new maces, weying 18 ownces one quarter and half at 8s. the ownce 7l.7s"". The 12th-century Walden Castle, built or expanded by Geoffrey de Mandeville, the first Earl of Essex, is in ruins. After the medieval period, the castle fell into disuse and much of the flint was taken and used in the construction of local houses and the wall surrounding the Audley
Walden Township, Pope County, Minnesota capita income for the township was $15,066. About 3.7% of families and 8.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.5% of those under the age of eighteen and 8.7% of those sixty five or over. Walden Township, Pope County, Minnesota Walden Township is a township in Pope County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 201 at the 2000 census. According to Warren Upham, Walden Township was probably named after Walden Pond. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.6 square miles (92.2 km²), of which 32.9 square miles (85.1 km²)