In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Toppesfield like this:
TOPPESFIELD, a parish, with a village, in Halstead district, Essex; 2 miles SW of Yeldham r. station. It has a fair on 20 July. Post town, Halstead. Acres, 3,320. Real property, £4,886. Pop., 1,045. Houses, 214. The property is much subdivided. Roman relics were found in 1800. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £900.* Patron, the Crown. The church was built in 1519, and is good. There are an Independent chapel, an endowed school with £10 a year, and charities £29.
Toppesfield through time
Toppesfield is now part of Braintree district. Click here for graphs and data of how Braintree has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Toppesfield itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Toppesfield, in Braintree and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6949
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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