Twinstead

Twinstead
Church of St John the Evangelist, Twinstead
Twinstead
Location within Essex
Population165 (2001 census)
OS grid referenceTL8588236642
Civil parish
  • Twinstead
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSudbury
Postcode districtCO10
Dialling code01787
PoliceEssex
FireEssex
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
WebsiteThe Hennys', Middleton & Twinstead Parish Council

Twinstead is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district in the county of Essex, England. It shares a parish council with Great Henny and Little Henny called "Hennys', Middleton & Twinstead". It was once part of the Hinckford Hundred, which is a subdivision of a county and has its own court. In 2001 the parish had a population of 165.

In the 1870s, Twinstead was described as:

TWINSTEAD. Acres, 1,008. Real property, £2,179. 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.

Today, the village is made up of many farms, a riding school, a manor house and an Essex Volvo's business. It has one place of worship which is the Church of St John the Evangelist, which is a Grade II* listed building.