COPFORD, a parish in the Witham division of the
hundred of LEXDEN, county of ESSEX, 4 miles (W.S.W.)
from Colchester, containing 592 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Colchester, and diocese
of London, rated in the king's books at £15. 3. 4.,
and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is principally
of Norman architecture.