Coggeshall, Essex

Coggeshall on Wikipedia.
 

Catholic Church of St. Bernard of Clairvaux on Stoneham Street. TL 8497 2277. © Steve Bulman (2016). Link.

Christ Church on Stoneham Street. Older maps label it as Congregational. TL 8499 2274. © Steve Bulman (2016). Link.

The former Friends' Meeting House (1878) on Stoneham Street is now the library. It stands on the site of an earlier Friends' Meeting House, which, according to the plaque, was purchased in 1673, and so presumably a pre-existing building. TL 8495 2273. © Steve Bulman (2016).

Old Chapel on Church Street was Baptist (as shown on map of 1875), and had been opened in 1855. It was preceded by an earlier chapel of 1829, also on Church Street, so perhaps on the same site. Prior to this, the congregation, formed at least as early as 1745, met in private houses. TL 8514 2271. © Steve Bulman (2016).

St. Nicholas (distant Streetview of 2009) was originally the gatehouse chapel of Coggeshall Abbey, what little remains of which stand a little way to the S.E. TL 8536 2228. Grade I listed (has a photo). For related listed features see here.

St. Peter ad Vincula on Church Green. Another view, two interiors - 1, 2, a side chapel, and the font. The church has some good wood carvings. TL 8535 2302. All © Steve Bulman (2016). Link. Grade I listed.

Wesley Hall, also on Stoneham Street, appears to be the hall for Christ Church, but was originally a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. TL 8495 2266. © Steve Bulman (2016). A Methodist history here dates it to 1883-1989. It also identifies earlier Methodist places of worship, including a building on Stoneham Street, later the Forester's Inn (which I haven't been able to locate), and a building on East Street (there's an old photo of it) next to the Swan Inn on East Street. The Swan Inn is no longer in business, but the building indicated as the former Wesleyan Chapel seems to be the cream coloured building seen in a Streetview from 2023. Circa TL 8506 2257.

An unusual entry for this website is the Woolpack Inn on Church Street. The plaque provides the explanation. TL 8531 2294. Both © Steve Bulman (2016).