Gainsford End is a hamlet in the civil parish of Toppesfield, and the Braintree district of Essex, England. The hamlet is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest from the parish village of Toppesfield.
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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.[2][3] By 1974 the mill was derelict, but was subsequently refurbished as a private home, selling for £1.1 million in 2017.[4]
References
edit- ^ 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
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1317300)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ Historic England. "Gainsford End Windmill (1317300)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ Booker John M. L. (1974) Essex and the industrial revolution, Essex County Council Record Office, p.84, ISBN 0900360437
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