Bradwell-next-Coggeshall, a parish in Essex, on the river Blackwater, 2 miles W of Coggeshall, and 4 E by S of Braintree station on the G.E.R. Post town, Braintree; money order and telegraph office, Coggeshall. Acreage, 1205; population, 213. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St Albans ; net yearly value, ?220. The church is small and very ancient (1085), containing some interesting monuments. Blackwater, Clap Dog Green, and Perry Green are adjacent hamlets.