Abbess Roding, Essex : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Abbess Roding. You may be able to find further references to Abbess Roding in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Abbess Roding Bartholomew
Abbots Roothing, or Abbess Roding parish Bartholomew
Roothing, Abbots parish Bartholomew
ROOTHING-ABBOTS a parish Imperial

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Abbess Roding.

Place Type of entry Source
Barwick Hall hamlet Bartholomew
Berwick hamlet Bartholomew

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Beauchamp Roding 0 3
White Roding 0 3
Little Laver 0 2
Leaden Roding 1 3
Margaret Roding 0 3
Fyfield 0 2
Berners Roding 0 3
Moreton 0 2
Willingale Doe 0 2
Aythorpe Roding 1 3
Matching 0 2
High Laver 0 2
Shellow Bowells 0 2
Hatfield Heath 0 2
Willingale Spain 0 2
Hatfield Broad Oak 4 3
Shelley 0 2
Magdalen Laver 0 3
High Roding 1 3
Good Easter 0 3

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Abbess Roding. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
ABBESS RODING John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
ABBOTS ROOTHING John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
ABBOTS ROOTHING OR ABBESS RODING John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
ROOTHING John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
ROOTHING ABBOTS John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).

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