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History |
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Coggeshall today |
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Guided Walk |
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Visitor Information |
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Sight-seeing |
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Museum |
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Welcome to this new site which is aimed at giving
visitors a glimpse of what Coggeshall has to offer and hopefully will
inspire them to come and visit for themselves. This site is designed by the
curator of Coggeshall museum and there are links to the museum website and
her other site called Coggeshall2003. There will be some overlaps in content
- for instance, the
Guided Walk
is set up on Coggeshall2003 and clicking on the Guided Walk link will take you to that
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WHERE IS COGGESHALL?
Click on the signpost to
go to the map. |
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Coggeshall is
an historic village lying mid-way between Braintree and Colchester on the
River Blackwater in north-east Essex. It is
steeped in history from pre-Roman to modern times and many communities
worldwide have traced their ancestral roots back to this charming village.
In 2003 Coggeshall became Eastern England and Home Counties Village of the
Year, beating off stiff competition from other villages in East Anglia and
the Home Counties. In that year it was also Essex Best Kept Village, a title
it has won for several years in the recent past. This year,2008, the churchyard of
the parish church of St Peter-ad-Vincula won the Best Kept Churchyard in
Essex. |
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Coggeshall's village sign stands on the green
opposite the parish church. It is made of English oak and was erected
to celebrate the millennium. The monk represents the Cistercian abbey that
was once here in Coggeshall, whilst the other side bears the representation
of a Coggeshall wool-merchant. |
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The BBC's Lovejoy
series was filmed in the area, with Coggeshall being one of the regular
locations so you may have had glimpses of Coggeshall already.
We hope that you will come and visit to enjoy the
locations in person. For those who love walking two footpath walks are
included on this site and footpath maps can be obtained
at the Parish
Office or the museum on Sundays. |
Email :
visitcoggeshall@btinternet.com |
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| Some of the photos used
on this site were taken by Gamelin Photography. The copyright belongs to them and is so
marked. |
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