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Copford
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Also known as Copford, Essex

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.

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Place details

Locality
Colchester
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom

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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
CO6
UK place.postcode_area
CO
UK place.dial_code
01206
UK place.os_grid_reference
TL9223

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Population
1689
Image
Copford Cop Shop - geograph.org.uk - 63908.jpg
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Commons category
Copford
postal code
CO6
OS grid reference
TL9223
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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.

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