Copford
Sign in to saveCopford is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is west of Colchester, and the hamlet of Copford Green is found a short distance to the south. The poet Matthew Arnold noted he was struck by "the deeply rural character of the village and neighbourhood." The parish also includes the village of Easthorpe. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 1,726.
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image
- Copford Cop Shop - geograph.org.uk - 63908.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Copford police station
- UK place.official_name
- Copford
- UK place.population
- 1,726
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Copford
- UK place.shire_district
- City of Colchester
- UK place.shire_county
- Essex
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Witham
- UK place.post_town
- Colchester
- UK place.postcode_district
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Colchester
- Population
- +1689
- Image
- Copford Cop Shop - geograph.org.uk - 63908.jpg
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Copford is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is west of Colchester, and the hamlet of Copford Green is found a short distance to the south. The poet Matthew Arnold noted he was struck by "the deeply rural character of the village and neighbourhood." The parish also includes the village of Easthorpe. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 1,726.
==History== thumb|Farmhouse at Moat Farm Copford was originally a manor held by the Bishop of London's office. Upon the death of Bishop Edmund Bonner in 1569 (also buried here) the land briefly became property of The Crown until 1609 when it returned to private ownership.