Twinstead

Twinstead
Church of St John the Evangelist, Twinstead
Twinstead
Twinstead shown within Essex
Population	155 2011 Census
Civil parish	Twinstead
District	Braintree
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Halstead
Postcode district	CO9
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places UK England EssexCoordinates: 51°59′49″N 0°42′40″E / 51.997°N 0.711°E / 51.997; 0.711

Twinstead is a village and a civil parish in the Braintree District, in the English county of Essex. It is near the town of Sudbury. It has one place of worship. For transport there is the A131 road nearby. The population of the civil parish including Pebmarsh at the 2011 Census was 155. The church was built in 1860.

According to the 2011 census there were 79 males and 76 females living in the parish.

In the 1870's, Twinstead was described as:

"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."

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