Alphamstone is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

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, England. It is located south of

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Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include ...

and is northeast from the county town of

Chelmsford Chelmsford () is a city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Southend-on-Sea and Colchester. It is located north-east of Londo ...

. The village is in the district of Braintree and in the parliamentary constituency of

Saffron Walden Saffron Walden is a market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England, north of Bishop's Stortford, south of Cambridge and north of London. It retains a rural appearance and some buildings of the medieval period. The population was 15, ...

. The parish is part of the Stour Valley South parish cluster. The parish is with a geology of fertile clay-soils, and is at an elevation of above sea level. The population is included in the civil parish of

Lamarsh Lamarsh is a village and a civil parish in the Braintree District, in the county of Essex, England. It is near the large village of Bures, England, Bures and the village of Alphamstone. The village is west of the River Stour. It has a pub, a ...

. The village is a mile west of the River Stour, which forms the Essex-Suffolk county-border in the local area. The village has one parish church, the

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St Barnabas. It was built in the thirteenth century and went through restorations in the 16th and 19th centuries. In 1831 the population of the village was 244 inhabitants.Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) It is about from the nearest railway station at Bures on the

Sudbury Branch Line The Gainsborough line is the current marketing name of the Sudbury branch line, a railway branch line off the Great Eastern Main Line in the east of England, that links in Essex with in Suffolk. It is in length and single-track throughout. ...

. Its nearest significant road link is the A131.

References

External links

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http://www.essexchurches.info - Alphamstone Church on Essex Churches website

GENUKI reference library on Alphamstone
* Villages in Essex Braintree District {{Essex-geo-stub