Country: | England |
Official Name: | Gainsford End |
Coordinates: | 51.991°N 0.514°W |
Shire District: | Braintree |
Shire County: | Essex |
Region: | East of England |
Static Image: | Gainsford End Windmill (listed building) (geograph 3481088).jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Gainsford End Windmill |
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Gainsford End is a hamlet in the civil parish of Toppesfield, and the Braintree district of Essex, England. The hamlet is 1.5miles southwest from the parish village of Toppesfield.
Gainsford End, with the village of Toppesfield, won first prize in the 2016 Essex Village of the Year competition[1]
To the south of the hamlet is Gainsford End Mill, a Grade II listed former corn windmill dating to 1869. By 1974 the mill was derelict, but was subsequently refurbished as a private home, selling for £1.1 million in 2017.[2]