Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ROOTHING-MARGARET

ROOTHING-MARGARET, a parish in Dunmow district, Essex; on the river Roding, 7 miles N N E of Ongar r. station. It contains the hamlet of Marks; and its post town is Roothing-Leaden, under Chelmsford. Acres, 1, 222. Real property, £1, 353. Pop., 236. Houses, 56. The property is divided among a few. Paddocks Hall is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £223.* Patron, J. Bentley, Esq. The church is good, and has a Norman door. There is an endowed school, with £16 a year.


(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 RegD/PLU       Essex AncC
Place: Margaret Roding

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