Twinstead is a village and a civil parish in the Braintree District, in the English county of Essex.
It was once part of the Hinckford Hundred, which is a subdivision of a county and has its own court.
In the 1870s, Twinstead was described as:
"TWINSTEAD.
Acres, 1,008.
Real property, £2,179.
Houses, 48.
T. Hall is the seat of B. Sparrow, Esq.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester.
Value, £250.*
Patron, the Lord Chancellor."

Today, the village is made up of many farms, a riding school, a manor house and an Essex Volvo's business.
It has one place of worship which is the Church of St John the Evangelist, which is listed as a grade 2 building.
Twinstead is a village and a civil parish in the Braintree District, in the English county of Essex. It was once part of the Hinckford Hundred, which is a subdivision of a county and has its own court. In the 1870s, Twinstead was described as:
"TWINSTEAD. Acres, 1,008. Real property, £2,179. Houses, 48. T. Hall is the seat of B. Sparrow, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £250.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor."
Today, the village is made up of many farms, a riding school, a manor house and an Essex Volvo's business. It has one place of worship which is the Church of St John the Evangelist, which is listed as a grade 2 building.
Twinstead