| Twinstead | |
|---|---|
 Church of St John the Evangelist, Twinstead | |
  Twinstead Location within Essex | |
| Population | 165 (2001 census) |
| OS grid reference | TL8588236642 |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Sudbury |
| Postcode district | CO10 |
| Dialling code | 01787 |
| Police | Essex |
| Fire | Essex |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | The Hennys', Middleton & Twinstead Parish Council |
Twinstead is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district[1] in the county of Essex, England. It shares a parish council with Great Henny and Little Henny called "Hennys', Middleton & Twinstead". It was once part of the Hinckford Hundred, which is a subdivision of a county and has its own court.[2] In 2001 the parish had a population of 165.[3]
In the 1870s, Twinstead was described as:
"TWINSTEAD. Acres, 1,008. Real property, £2,179. Houses, 48. T. Hall is the seat of B. Sparrow, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £250.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor."[4]
Today, the village is made up of many farms, a riding school, a manor house and an Essex Volvo's business. It has one place of worship which is the Church of St John the Evangelist, which is a Grade II* listed building.[5][6]
- ^ "The Hennys', Middleton & Twinstead Parish Council". Braintree District Council. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ GENUKI. "Genuki: Essex Hundreds, Essex". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ Neighbourhood Statistics
- ^ Wilson, John Marius (1870–72). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh: A. Fullerton & Co.
- ^ "Church of St John the Evangelist, Twinstead, Essex". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, Twinstead - 1306308 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.