Bradwell by Coggeshall, Essex Genealogy

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Parish History
BRADWELL-juxta-Coggeshall (Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Braintree, hundred of Witham, N. division of Essex, 2 miles (W. by S.) from Coggeshall; containing 293 inhabitants. It derives its name, originally Broadwell, from a copious spring to the north of the Hall: the river Pant, or Black-water, flows through a small hamlet in the parish, to which it gives its name. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £12, and in the gift of M. P. C. Brunwin, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £345, and the glebe consists of 31 acres. The church is a small edifice with a tower, and contains several ancient and handsome alabaster monuments.

From: Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848). URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50821

Bradwell Juxta Coggeshall Holy Trinity is an Ancient Parish in Essex and should not be confused with Bradwell on Sea, Essex

Holy Trinity church stands quite a distance from its village in a remote location with just a farm as its neighbour. The church is mainly Norman and there is much evidence of roman bricks being used. Many churches around the Colchester area show signs of re-used roman bricks from the original roman town of Colchester.

Bradwell Juxta Coggeshall is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is located on the River Blackwater, approximately 5 km (3 miles) east of Braintree and is 19 km (12 miles) north-northeast from the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the district and parliamentary constituency of Braintree. The parish is part of the Blackwater parish cluster.

The name can be confused with Bradwell-on-Sea, also in Essex, which is often abbreviated to just Bradwell. The name derives from Old English meaning broad well. To this day there is a spring a few metres north of the modern manor house of Bradwell Hall near to Holy Trinity Church. In the Middle Ages, this spring fed an overshot mill. Remains of the last mill on the site can still be seen in the overgrown surroundings of the millpool.

The modern village, on the A120 between Braintree and Coggeshall, is the former hamlet of Blackwater (also once known as Blackwater Green) by which name it was known into the twentieth century.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Online images are available Seax - Essex Archives Online From the Essex Record Office includes parish registers, Bishop's transcripts and Monumental Inscriptions for Holy Trinity and registers for the Convent of the Good Shepherd Glazewell.

Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Braintree Poor Law Union, Essex

Probate records
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