EARLS COLNE HERITAGE MUSEUM

Earls Colne in Earliest Times

In Roman times this part of Essex was occupied by a native tribe called the Trinovantes. The tribal centre,
that we know as Colchester and which they called Cumulodunum, became the capital of the Roman province.

Local tradition claims that there is a Roman well at the present-day Tile Kiln Farm

Tile and brick production has been a long-established local industry and re-used Roman bricks have been identified in the base of the tower of St. Andrew’s Church, Earls Colne.

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