SAMPFORD (GREAT), a parish in the hundred of
FRESHWELL, county of ESSEX, 3 miles (N.E. byN.) from
Thaxted, containing 756 inhabitants. The living is a
vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of Hempstead, in the
jurisdiction of the Commissary of Essex and Herts, concurrently
with the Consistorial Court of the Bishop of
London, rated in the king's books at £18. E. Hervey,
Esq. was patron in 1801. The church is dedicated to St.
Michael. There is a place of worship for Baptists.