Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Coggeshall

Coggeshall, town, Great and Little Coggeshall pars., E. Essex, 6 miles E. of Braintree and 44½ miles NE. of London; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks; has mfrs. of silk, velvet, and isinglass. Coggeshall is a very ancient place, its history going back to the time of the Romans.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Essex AncC
Place: Great Coggeshall

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