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"GOSFIELD, a parish in the hundred of HINCKFORD,
county of ESSEX, 2¾ miles (W. S. W.) from Halstead, containing
598 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage,
in the archdeaconry of Middlesex, and diocese
of London, rated in the king's books at £8, endowed
with £400 private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty. The Duke of Buckingham was patron in 1782. The
church is dedicated to St. Catherine. A portion of Gosfieldhall exhibits a good specimen of the domestic style
of architecture prevalent in the reign of Henry VIII." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) - copyright Mel Lockie 2016]
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- Census returns are available from the usual sources for 1841-1911, which includes most copies held at the ERO, Wharf Rd, Chelmsford. More information on other ways to view these census returns on the Essex
- A full list of Essex churches
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Gosfield to another place.
- Gosfield was a member of the Hinckford Hundred
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL775292 (Lat/Lon: 51.933002, 0.580431), Gosfield which are provided by:
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- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Gosfield was a member of the Halstead Poor Law Union