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In 2002, following the closure of the last privately owned shop in the parish, a community owned and volunteer-run shop was built. This is attached to the village hall, which itself had been built and opened in 1961, following several years of fundraising by parishioners and financial support from
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is the Green Man. The pub is owned by Toppesfield Community Pub Limited (TCP), a Community Benefit Society which was established in 2012. TCP gained control of the Green Man in December 2012 from Admiral Taverns, a national pub chain which had financial problems. TCP is owned by more than 150
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The village has a primary school, St Margarets CofE Voluntary Controlled School, which dates back to 1854. The school is rated 'Good' by OFSTED following an inspection in late 2022.
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border, is part of North Essex which has higher terrain than most of Essex. The village sits on a small and shallow hill, about 75 metres above sea level.
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The derivation of the name 'Toppesfield' is 'open land on the hill top', a possible agglomeration of the phrase 'Top of the Field'.
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The Cambridge dictionary of English place-names : based on the collections of the English Place-Name Society
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Lord Sainsbury and Sir Leslie and Lady Plummer, who all lived in the village. Toppesfield's only
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shareholders who raised share capital exceeding £150,000 to help finance the purchase.
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Toppesfield is a rural community historically associated with
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Toppesfield is located in Essex
Essex
OS grid reference
TL739372
District
Braintree
Shire county
Essex
Region
East
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
CO9
Dialling code
Police
Essex
Fire
Essex
Ambulance
East of England
UK Parliament
Saffron Walden
UK
England
Essex
52°00′25″N 0°31′55″E / 52.007°N 0.532°E / 52.007; 0.532

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