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ROOTHING-ABBOTS, a parish in Ongar district, Essex; on the river Roding, 6 miles N by E of Ongar r.station. It contains the hamlet of Roothing-Barwick; and its post town is Ongar. Acres, 1, 602. Real property, £2, 366. Pop., 220. Houses, 47. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged ancientlyto Barking abbey. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £323.* Patron, Capel Cure, Esq. The church is good, and has a spire. There are an Independent chapel and a parochial school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Ongar Poor Law Union/Registration District Essex Ancient County |
| Place: | Abbess Roding |
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