Abbess Roding

Coordinates: 51°46′44″N 0°16′33″E / 51.7788°N 0.2759°E / 51.7788; 0.2759
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Abbess Roding
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townONGAR
Postcode districtCM5
Dialling code01279
PoliceEssex
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AmbulanceEast of England
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UK
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Essex
51°46′44″N 0°16′33″E / 51.7788°N 0.2759°E / 51.7788; 0.2759

Abbess Roding is a village and former

villages called The Rodings. It is in west Essex, 5 miles (8 km) north from Chipping Ongar, and 9 miles (14 km) west from the county town of Chelmsford. In 1931 the parish had a population of 169.[1]

History

According to A Dictionary of British Place Names, Roding derives from "Rodinges", as is listed in the Domesday Book and recorded earlier as such at c.1050, with the later variation 'Roinges Abbatisse' recorded in 1237. The 'Abbess' refers to the manorial possession by a man called 'Aitrop' held under the ownership of the Abbess of Barking Abbey.[2][3]

In the Domesday account Abbess Roding is listed as in the

lordship was held by Wulfmer of Eaton Socon; after given to Eudo Dapifer who was also Tenant-in-chief to William the Conqueror.[4] A further source, the Domesday Book: A Complete Translation, gives a Domesday record of Abbess Roding being held by Geoffrey Martel as part of the land of Geoffrey de Mandeville.[5]

Ordnance Survey map 1805 showing 'Abbots Roding'

Other traditional names for the village and its previous parish were 'Abbott's Roothing' or 'Abbots Roding'. It was in the Hundred of Ongar. At the

licensee of The Anchor public house.[6]

On 1 April 1946 the parish was abolished to form "Abbess Beauchamp and Berners Roding".[7][8]

Governance

The village is in the parliamentary constituency of

Parish Council.[9]

Notable people

References

  1. A Vision of Britain through Time
    . Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  2. ISBN 019960908X
  3. ^ Abbess Roding Archived 23 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Abbess Roding", Open Domesday, University of Hull. Retrieved 9 February 2018
  5. ISBN 978-0-14-143994-5
    .
  6. ^ Kelly's Directory of Essex 1882 pp.245-247
  7. ^ "Relationships and changes Abbess Roding CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Abbess, Beauchamp and Berners Roding", Abbess, Beauchamp and Berners Roding Parish Council. Retrieved 10 February 2018
  9. ^ "Abbess, Beauchamp and Berners Roding Parish Council - Key Contacts". www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2007.
  10. ^ "CAPELL, Sir Gamaliel (1561-1613), of Rookwood Hall, Abbess Roding, Essex". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  11. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27405. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)

External links

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