Abbess Roding
| Abbess Roding | |
|---|---|
 St Edmund's Church, Abbess Roding | |
  Abbess Roding Location within Essex | |
| OS grid reference | TL571113 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ONGAR |
| Postcode district | CM5 |
| Dialling code | 01279 |
| Police | Essex |
| Fire | Essex |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Abbess Roding is a village and former civil parish that is located in the west of the county of Essex, 5 miles (8 km) north from Chipping Ongar, and 9 miles (14 km) west from the county town of Chelmsford. The village is one of the hamlets and villages called The Rodings. In 1931 the parish had a population of 169.[1]
History
[edit]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 Hundred of Ongar. The manor held 18 households, seven villagers, two smallholders, five slaves, and one freeman, with 2 lord's plough teams, 3.5 men's plough teams, 20 acres (0.08 km2) of meadow, and a woodland with 20 pigs. In 1066 there were 10 cattle, 40 pigs, 100 sheep and a cob. In 1086 there were 14 cattle, 60 pigs, 131 sheep, and three cobs. Before the Conquest, 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]
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 Dissolution, Henry VIII sold the Barking Abbey's estate to Robert Chertsey. In 1882 Abbess Roding was in the Ongar Union—poor relief provision set up under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 —and part of the Rural Deanery of Ongar. The registers of the church of St Edmund date to 1560. The church, restored in 1867, had attached an 1882 benefice of a rectory with residence, in the gift of and held by Rev. Lawrence Capel Cure of Balliol College, Oxford. There also existed a Congregational chapel. Sir Henry Selwin-Ibbetson, Bt was Lord of the Manor and principal landowner. There was 1,393 acres (5.6 km2) of parish land supporting a population of 237. Crops grown at the time were chiefly wheat, barley and beans, on a heavy soil with a clay subsoil. Parish occupations included seven farmers, a beer retailer, and 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
[edit]Parliamentary seat
[edit]The village is in the parliamentary constituency of Brentwood & Ongar, with Alex Burghart serving as MP since 2017.
Local government
[edit]Abbess Roding sits within the non-metropolitan county of Essex, governed by Essex County Council; and the non-Metropolitan district of Epping Forest, which is governed by Epping Forest District Council. The village is within the ward of Rural East.[9] The village is locally served by Abbess, Beauchamp and Berners Roding Parish Council.[10]
Abbess End
[edit]Abbess End is a hamlet close to the southern end of Abbess Roding, and north of the former site of the moated country house Rookwood Hall,[11][12] in the county of Essex, England.[13]
Notable people
[edit]- Sir Gamaliel Capell (1561–1613), Member of Parliament, owned Rookwood Hall.[14]
- John Thurloe (1616–1668), secretary to the council of state in Protectorate England and spymaster for Oliver Cromwell, was born here.[15]
- Sir Anthony Browne (1509–1567), Judge, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and founder of Brentwood School, Essex[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Population statistics Abbess Roding CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ Mills, Anthony David (2003); A Dictionary of British Place Names, Oxford University Press, revised edition (2011), p.392. ISBN 019960908X
- ^ Abbess Roding Archived 23 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Abbess Roding", Open Domesday, University of Hull. Retrieved 9 February 2018
- ^ Williams, Ann; G H Martin (24 September 2004). Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin. pp. 1012, 1303. ISBN 978-0-14-143994-5.
- ^ Kelly's Directory of Essex 1882 pp.245-247
- ^ "Relationships and changes Abbess Roding CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ "Abbess, Beauchamp and Berners Roding"[usurped], Abbess, Beauchamp and Berners Roding Parish Council. Retrieved 10 February 2018
- ^ "Map referred to in the Epping Forest (Electoral Changes) Order 2023". The Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Historic England. "Rookwood hall moated site (1016879)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ Powell, W.R., ed. (1956). A History of the County of Essex: Volume 4, Ongar Hundred. London: Victoria County History. pp. 190–193. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ Geographers' A-Z Map Co Ltd (Revised ed.). UK. 20 August 2002. ISBN 978-0850399370.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "CAPELL, Sir Gamaliel (1561–1613), of Rookwood Hall, Abbess Roding, Essex". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ Venning, Timothy (3 January 2008). "Thurloe, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27405. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Reginald Pole, Thomas Frederick Mayer, Courtney B. Walters (2002). The Correspondence of Reginald Pole. Vol. 4. Ashgate. p. 98. ISBN 9780754603290.
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External links
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Media related to Abbess Roding at Wikimedia Commons
- Abbess Roding Church on Essex Churches website
- Map of Abbess Roding conservation Area
- Abbess, Beauchamp and Berners Roding Parish Council[usurped] official website including Abbess Roding description. Retrieved 10 February 2018
