Gainsford End Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Gainsford End
Coordinates:51.991°N 0.514°W
Shire District:Braintree
Shire County:Essex
Region:East of England
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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]

Notes and References

  1. Townsend, Emily (7 July 2016), "Toppesfield and Gainsford End wins Essex Village of the Year competition with West Bergholt coming close second", East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 24 January 2018
  2. Booker John M. L. (1974) Essex and the industrial revolution, Essex County Council Record Office, p.84,