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, Cass County, Minnesota Walden Township, Cass County, Minnesota Walden Township is a township in Cass County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 405 as of the 2000 census. Walden Township was named after Walden Pond, in Massachusetts. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.2 square miles (93.7 km²), of which 36.2 square miles (93.6 km²) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) (0.11%) is water. The township contains these two cemeteries: Anderson and Maple Hill. As of the census of 2000, there were 405 people, 143 households, and 108 families residing in the township.