Coggeshall wool was famous across Europe and made the town prosperous

The town became a centre for lace-making and Coggeshall Tambour Lace was renowned

The last of the Coggeshall cloth trades velvet weaving continued into the 20th century

Starting as a by product of the tanning trade, Coggeshall isinglass became world famous

Silk was manufactured at the Abbey Mill and later at a huge factory in the centre of town

J K King and E W King became household names in supplying agricultural and horticultural seeds

Coggeshall became a noted centre for woodcarving in the 19th and early 20th centuries

The 'Stitching Factory' provided employment for generations of Coggeshall Women

In the mid nineteeth century there were scores of straw plaiters and eight hat makers in Coggeshall