15 Facts About Coggeshall

Coggeshall is a small town in Essex, England, between Colchester and Braintree on the Roman road Stane Street and the River Blackwater.

Coggeshall has been called Sunnydon, referenced in 1224 as an alias for the town.

Roman coins dating from 31 BC to AD 395 have been found in the area and Coggeshall has been considered the site of a Roman station mentioned in the Itineraries of Antoninus.

Coggeshall is situated at a ford of the River Blackwater, part of another path running from the Blackwater Valley to the Colne Valley.

Coggeshall is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Cogheshala.

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The Manor of Coggeshall was owned by a Saxon freeman named Cogga, and at the time of its entry there was "a mill; about 60 men with ploughs and horses, oxen and sheep; woodland with swine and a swineherd, four stocks of bees and one priest".

The bricks from Coggeshall are some of the earliest-known bricks in post-Roman Britain.

Colchester complained in 1318 that Coggeshall was a hindrance, and their complaint, being upheld, resulted in the market being moved to Thursday, where it remains to this day.

Coggeshall survived the Act of Suppression in 1536 and the Abbot of St Mary Grace's, London, invested in its future.

Examples of Coggeshall lace have been worn by Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth II.

Coggeshall was noted for the quality of its brewing, in the late 19th century having four well-established institutions.

Coggeshall has proved an important place in the local Baptist Ministry.

Coggeshall is situated on top of a large deposit of London Clay.

The magistrates convened at the Chapel Inn in Coggeshall and sent a posse of the new county police to the Black horse Inn.

Coggeshall has one comprehensive secondary school called Honywood Community Science School.