Twinstead

Twinstead
Church of St John the Evangelist, Twinstead
Twinstead Location within Essex
Population	165 (2001 census)
OS grid reference	TL8588236642
Civil parish	Twinstead
District	Braintree
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Sudbury
Postcode district	CO10
Dialling code	01787
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Braintree
Website	The Hennys', Middleton & Twinstead Parish Council
List of places UK England Essex 51°59′49″N 0°42′40″E / 51.997°N 0.711°E / 51.997; 0.711

Twinstead is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district^[1] 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.^[2] In 2001 the parish had a population of 165.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5][6]