COPFORD
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales...., by John Marius Wilson. circa 1866
COPFORD, a parish in Lexden district, Essex; on the river Roman, 1½ mile E of Marks-Tey r. station, and 4 WSW of Colchester. It has a post-office under Colchester. Acres, 2,397. Real property, £4,428. Pop., 775. Houses, 163. The property is subdivided. The manor belonged formerly to the Bishops of London. Copford Hall is the seat of the Harrisons. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £680. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church has a Norman apse, and is good.
Transcribed by Noel Clark