Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ROOTHING-LEADEN

ROOTHING-LEADEN, a parish in Dunmow district, Essex; on the river Roding; 7 miles N N E of Ongar r.station. It has a post-office under Chelmsford. Acres, 907. Real property, £1, 330. Pop., 207. Houses, 46. The property is divided among a few. The parish is a meet for the Essex hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £230. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was restored in 1868. Charities, £5.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Dunmow Poor Law Union/Registration District       Essex Ancient County
Place: Leaden Roding

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