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 southwest from the parish village of Toppesfield.

Places of Interest

Highlights include MDP Wethersfield and Parish Church of St Margaret of Antioch.

MDP Wethersfield

Police station

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MDP Wethersfield is a Ministry of Defence facility in Essex, England, located north of the village of Wethersfield, about 6 miles north-west of the town of Braintree.

Parish Church of St Margaret of Antioch

Church

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Howe Street and Cornish Hall End.

Howe Street is a hamlet in the Finchingfield civil parish of the Braintree District of Essex, England. The hamlet is a linear settlement of 1,000 yards length, and is 1 mile northeast from the village of Finchingfield. Howe Street is situated 2 miles west of Gainsford End.

Cornish Hall End

Village

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Cornish Hall End is a village on the B1057 road three miles north of Finchingfield and 4 miles south of Steeple Bumpstead,{[cn|date=August 2026}} in the civil parish of Finchingfield, in the Braintree district of Essex, England. Cornish Hall End is situated 3 miles west of Gainsford End.

Great Yeldham

Village

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Great Yeldham is a village and civil parish in north Essex, England, about 6 miles from the Suffolk border. It is situated along the main A1017 road between Braintree and Haverhill. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 1,948. Great Yeldham is situated 3 miles northeast of Gainsford End.

Gainsford End

Type: Hamlet
Description: hamlet in Essex, England, UK
Category: locality
Location: Toppesfield, Braintree District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.98981° or 51° 59′ 23″ north

Longitude

0.51496° or 0° 30′ 54″ east

Elevation

302 feet (92 metres)

Open location code

9F32XGQ7+WX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 317221505

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

13277424

Wikidata ID

Q5517311

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