Gainsford End

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.

Gainsford End

Gainsford End Windmill
Gainsford End
Location within Essex
District
  • Braintree
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom

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
  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. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1317300)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  3. Historic England. "Gainsford End Windmill (1317300)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  4. Booker John M. L. (1974) Essex and the industrial revolution, Essex County Council Record Office, p.84, ISBN 0900360437


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