Coggeshall / Coggashael / Cogheshal / Cogshall / Coxal / Gogshall / Great Coggeshall

No entry for Coggeshall found in the Domesday survey. The Antiquary (issue of Nov. 1882: 220) reports a visit by the Essex Archaeological Society to Coggeshall: "The church, which is a fine specimen of the Perpendicular style, contains, amongst numerous objects of interest, a very ancient Early English font […] The font in the church really belonged to Pattiswick" [NB: Pattiswick is about 4 km west of Coggeshall]. Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: round bowl with shallow arcade of trefoiled arches resting on pilasters with imposts and stepped bases, round stem with four detached shafts, partly restored and having moulded capitals and bases, ealy 13th-century." The RCHM (ibid.) notes a holy-water stoup "on S. chapel--E. of doorway, round bowl, broken, base of pedestal below, 15th-century" [no separate entry in this Index]. In Bettley & Pevsner (2007). The local church guide reads: "The Early English font, originally from Pattiswick church, pre-dates St Peter's church. Having been used for a spell as a horse trough, it was given to the Rev'd William Dampier in 1851 when major restoration work was being undertaken, the original St Peter's font having been damaged. The present columned base was installed in the 1870's." [NB: most of the base appears to be a modern replacement; perhaps the [some?] lower bases could be older]