Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ROOTHING (White)

ROOTHING (White), a village and a parish in Dunmow district, Essex. The village stands 1½ mile W of the river Roding, and 5 E by S of Sawbridgeworth r.station; and has a post-office under Chelmsford. The parish contains also the hamlet of Roothing-Morrell, and comprises 2, 520 acres. Real property, £3, 233. Pop., 466. Houses, 101. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £490.* Patron, J. M. Wilson, Esq. The church is good, and has a tower and spire. Charities, £6.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: White Roding AP/CP       Dunmow RegD/PLU       Essex AncC
Place names: ROOTHING     |     ROOTHING WHITE     |     WHITE ROOTHING
Place: White Roding

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