Population 227 (2011 Census) Civil parish Braintree Region East | OS grid reference TL813454 Shire county Essex Country England | |
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Pentlow is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district, in the county of Essex, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 227. It is just south of the river River_Stour,_Suffolk, and nearby settlements include the villages of Foxearth and Cavendish and the hamlet of Pentlow Street. Pentlow was recorded in the Domesday Book as Pentelawa.
Map of Pentlow, UK
The parish church is dedicated to St Gregory and St George and is a Grade I listed building. In 1870–72 the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Pentlow thus:
The property is divided among a few. An octagonal tower was erected, in 1859, by the Rev. E. Bull, to the memory of his father; is a finestructure, in the Tudor style; and commands an extensive panoramic view. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £550.