Place:Gosfield, Essex, England

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NameGosfield
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates51.933°N 0.583°E
Located inEssex, England
See alsoHalstead Rural, Essex, Englandrural district in which it was located 1894-1974
Braintree District, Essex, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
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Gosfield is a village and civil parish in the Braintree District of Essex, England. It is located around two miles west of the town of Halstead. Its population in the 2011 UK census was registered at 1,362.

Places of note include the following:

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Gosfield. This outlines the history of Gosfield Hall (well down the page) and three notable inhabitants: John Wentworth (died 1613), the exiled Louis XVIII of France who lived there in the years 1807 to 1809, and Samuel Courtauld (1793-1881), the industrialist.

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