Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TWINSTEAD

TWINSTEAD, a parish in the district of Sudbury and county of Essex; 3 miles SSW of Sudbury r. station. Post town, Sudbury. Acres, 1,008. Real property, £2,179. Pop., 193. 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. The church was built in 1860, and is in the geometric style.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Twinstead AP/CP       Essex AncC
Place: Twinstead

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