The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain Accompanied with descriptions . I:- COGGESHALL ABBEY, ESSEX. CoGGESHALL is a populous towD situated about forty-fivetniles from London, and supposed by some antiquaries to beof Roman origin, as many reliques of the Romans have beendiscovered here, particularly an urn with ashes and bones,besides two sacrificing dishes of polished red earth. Weever, speaking of these and other Roman remains foundhere, says, Adjoining to the rode called Coccill-w
The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain Accompanied with descriptions . I:- COGGESHALL ABBEY, ESSEX. CoGGESHALL is a populous towD situated about forty-fivetniles from London, and supposed by some antiquaries to beof Roman origin, as many reliques of the Romans have beendiscovered here, particularly an urn with ashes and bones,besides two sacrificing dishes of polished red earth. Weever, speaking of these and other Roman remains foundhere, says, Adjoining to the rode called Coccill-way, whichto this towne leadeth, was lately found an arched vault ofbricke, and therein a burning lamp of glasse, covered with aRoman tyle, some 14 in. square; and one urne, with ashesand bones; besides two sacrificing dishes of smooth andpolished red earth, having the bottome of one of them withfaire Romane letters inscribed COCCILIM.—I may pro-bably conjecture this to have been the sepnlchral monumentof the lord of this towne, who lived about the time of Anto-ninus Pius, (as by the coyne there likewise found appeareth)the atfinitie between bis and the townes name being almo
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