Twinstead

Other current and historical names

Turnesteda

Parish/Community: Twinstead
District/Borough: Braintree
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°59'45"N 0°42'42"E
Eastings/Northings: 586275, 236542
OS Grid: TL862365
Mapcode Local: GBR QHX.SYX
Mapcode Global: VHKFH.9363

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Twinstead within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Twinstead in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Twinstead, par., Essex, 3 miles SW. of Sudbury, 1054 ac., pop. 200; contains Twinstead Hall, seat.

Twinstead in the Domesday Book

A village in Hinckford hundred, in the county of Essex.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, eighteen
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Households: 7 smallholders; 18 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 8 pigs

British Place Names

Twinstead, Essex

Twinstead is a village in Essex

Twinstead in historic gazetteers

Twinstead in the Domesday Book