Gainsford End is a hamlet in the civil parish of

Toppesfield __NOTOC__ Toppesfield is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district of Essex, England. The village is approximately north from the county town of Chelmsford, and west from the village of Great Yeldham. The parish contains the hamlets ...

, and the Braintree district of

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...

, England. The hamlet is southwest from the parish village of Toppesfield. Gainsford End, with the village of Toppesfield, won first prize in the 2016 Essex Village of the Year competition To the south of the hamlet is Gainsford End Mill, a Grade II listed former corn windmill dating to 1869. By 1974 the mill was derelict, but was subsequently refurbished as a private home, selling for £1.1 million in 2017.Booker John M. L. (1974) ''Essex and the industrial revolution'',

Essex County Council Essex County Council is the county council that governs the non-metropolitan county of Essex in England. It has 75 councillors, elected from 70 divisions, and is currently controlled by the Conservative Party. The council meets at County Hall ...

Record Office, p.84,

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* Braintree District Hamlets in Essex {{Essex-geo-stub