A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
COGGESHALL (Great), a parish in Witham district, Essex; containing the chief part of the town of Coggeshall. Acres, 2, 770. Real property, £11, 921. Pop., 3, 679. Houses, 825. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged, in the time of Edward the Confessor, Colo, the Saxon; was held, at Domesday, by Eustace, Earl of Boulogne; passed by marriage to Stephen, Earl of Blois, afterwards King Stephen; was given by him to Coggeshall abbey; went, at the dissolution, to Sir Thomas Seymour; and afterwards was divided, and passed through various hands. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £280.* Patron,Du Cane, Esq.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Coggeshall CP Great Coggeshall AP/CP Witham PLU/RegD Essex AncC |
| Place names: | COGGESHALL | COGGESHALL GREAT | GREAT COGGESHALL |
| Place: | Great Coggeshall |
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