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478 THE RODINGS. ESSEX. [KELLY'S AYTHROP RODING, 30 miles from London and 5~ Letters through Ongar to Fyfield, di!livered at 7·?i> south-west from Dunmow station on the Bishop Start a.m. The nearest money order office is a~ Roxwell• ford and Braintree branch of the Great Eastern railway, telegraph office at Leaden Roding, 2 miles distant is in Dunmow hundred, petty sessional division and The children of this place attend the school at Willing- It union, and in the rural deanery of Roding. The church of St. Mary the Virgin is an edifice of flint in the Early HIGH RODING is 31 miles from London, and 4 south English style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch, west from Dunmow station on the Great Eastern rail vestry, and a western belfry, rising above the gabled roof, way. in Dunmow hundred, petty sessional division and with an octagonal timber shinglej broach spire, and con union, and rural deanery of Roding; it was given by taining 3 bells bearing the following inscriptions : ISt, Leofwin, in the reign of King Edward the Confessor, to a "' Hnic fratris Simonis .Andrei nomen habet;" 2nd, monastery in the Isle of Ely. The church of All Saints, "' Virg-ini atque matri resonat Campana Marie ; " 3rd, restored in 1855, at a cost of nearly £r,ooo, is a low "'De celis missi nomen habeo Gabrielis:" the lancet building of flint in mi.xed styles, consisting of chancel, windows in the chancel and the east and west windows nave, south porch, and a western turret containing 2 are stained; there are 120 sittings. The register datP' bells : there are brasses in the chancel ; the church will from the year I559· The living is a rectory, net yearly >eat 250 persons The register dates from the year value [,229, with residence, in the gift of .Mrs. G. E. r538. The living is a rectory, net yearly nluP {,26o, Kershaw, and held since rgoS by the Rev. Alfred with residence and 24 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Richard Thurlow, of London University. Charles Countess of Roden, and held since 19II by the Rev. Livermore esq. who is lord of the manor, and Messrs. Hubert Thomas Godfrey Kingdon M.!.. of Clare College, 1V. D. Caton, L., E. and J. Hugh Matthews, Edwin Cambridge. The Countess of Roden is lady of the Laver Aldham, B. Peacock, the trustees of the late rnanor and Messrs. L., E. and Hugh Matthews and Jc,hn Gingell, of High Roding, and the trustees of J. H. E. Jones esq. are the principal landowners. Gobert's Charity are the principal landowners. Parish Clerk, Charltls Havden. Sexton, W Illiam Speller. • Post, :M. 0. & T. Office. George Alfred Rolph, .sub Post Office. Mrs. Ann Speller, sub-postmistress. postmaster. Letters fl'oru Dunmow arrive at I p.m. Letters through Dunmow, arrive at 7 a.m. & dis & 7 a.m.; dispatched at S.so a.m. & 2.15 &; 5.15 patched at 5·5 p.m. week days only. High Roding p.m. ; no delivery on sundays is the nearest money• order office & the nearest tele- Public Elementary School (mixed), erected in r861, f r graph office is at Leaden Roding, I mile distant 84 children; average attendance, 75; James G. Davey, Public: Elementary School (mixed), erected in 185o, for mastP.r so children ; average attendance, 34; )'liss Alice This school 1s under the Cl)ntrol of the Essex Education Stokes, mistress (Dunmow District) Sub-Committee This school is under the control of the Essex Educa Police Station, Charles Cooper Wilkinson, constable tion (Dunmow District) Sub-Committee LEADEN RODING is 28 miles from London, 7 north east from Ongar terminal station and 7 sou'h-west from BEA"COHAMP RODING is a parish 26 miles from Dnnmow station, both on the Great Eastern railway, anti London, 5 north-east from Ongar terminal station on a in Dunmow hundred, petty sessional division and union, branch of the Great Eastern railway and 10 south and in the rural deanery of Roding. Here was a place west from Dunmow, in Ongar hundred, petty sessional called "Leaden ·wash," where a turnbridge was made for -division and union and rural deanery of Roding. The the convenience of carriages and foot passengers crossin~ ehurch of St. Botolph is a small edifice of rubble, in the the water. The church of St. Michael and All Angela Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, north is a small building of rubble in the Norman style, con· porch and an embattled western tower containing 4 sisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western bells : there are several stained windows, including two belfry of wood with spire, and containing 3 bells: it waa memorial windows in the nave: the church was restored in r865, and has roo sittings. The register of .thoroughly restored in r87o, and the exterior in 1893 at baptisms and burials dates from 1572; marriages, 1752-. a cost of about £IOo !l.nd has 120 sittings. The rPgister The living is a rectory, net yearly value [150, with 43 -dates from the year r688. The living is a rectory, net acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Lord yearly value £r28, llith 38 acres of glebe, and residence, Chancellor. and held since 1894 by the Rev. Gerald i:1 the gift of Cyril Bond esq. and held since 1887 by William Druce M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford, and the Rev. John Howard B.A. of St. John's College, Cam surrogate. Here is a Congregational chapel in conjunr· bridge. tion with Abbess Roding and High Easter chapel•, the services being conducted by mini~:~ters of the~" BIRDSGREEN is a hamlet, 1! miles south, partly in chapels respectively. The trustees of the late Lord IJeauchamp Roding and partly in Willingale Doe. Dacre, "ho are lords of the man<>r, and Stanley :Milbanl. Sexton, J ames Whitbread. eEq. Charles Livermore e~q. and Messr.s. Strutt and Letters from Brentwood through Ongar by mail cart Parker are the principal landowners. arrive at 7.30 a.m. & dispatched at 4.50 p.m.; sun Parish Clerk, Frederick Crouchman. days, 10.30 a.m. The nearest money order office is Post & T. Office. Mrs. Rose Alice Mott, sub-post at White Roding & telegraph office at Leaden Roding, mistres!l. Letters through Dunmow arrive 7·3~ a.m.; 2f miles distant ciispatched 4.50 p.m. ; no delivery on sundays. Whit-e ·wan Letter Box at Birdsgreen, cleared at 5·5 p.m. ; Roding is the neare.st money order office sundays, 11.5 a.m Public Elementary (Non-Provided) School (mixed), for 1Yall Letter Box at the School, cleared 5 p.m.; sun so children; a,·erage attendance, 33; Miss Charlotte days, II a.m Milne, mistress Public Elementary (formerl"\' parish) School (mixed), This school is controlled by the Essex Education (Dun enlarged in 1870, for 50 children ; average attendance, mow District) Sub-Committee 36 ; John T. Green, master Carrier to Chelmsford. Charles Simpson, mon. & fri 'This school is controlled by the Essex Education Police Station, Arthur Fisher, constable (Ongar District) Sub-Committee, Arnold Richardson, Ongar, clerk MARGA RET RODIXG is 29 miles from London, 7 north· east from On~ar station and 8 south-west from Dunmow. in Dunmow hundred, petty sessional division and union BERNERS RODING is a parish, 7 miles north-east from Ongar station and 10 south-west from Dnnmow and in the rural deanery of Roding. The church of St. Margaret is a small building of rubble in the Early station, both on the Great Eastern railway, in Dunmow • Norman style and consists of chancel, nave and a lf:mndred and Ongar petty sessional division and union, western turret containing one bell: the south door and and rnral deanery of Rodin~. The church (name not window are good examples of Norman work: there are 1mown) is a small building of rubble in the Perpendicular t'iO sittings. The register dates from the year 1538. style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a The living is a rectory, formerly belonging to the Abbe! -wes~rn tower of wood containing I bell; there are 6o of St. Albans, net yearly value £125, including rent of sittin~s. The register dates from the year 1538. ThP 42 acres of glebe, and residence, in the gift of the 1iving is a vicara~e, net yearly value [48, in the gift of trustees of the late Rev. F. B. Shepherd, and held since 1Ienry Otho N. Shaw esq. of Skreens Park, Roxwell, 1913 by the Rev. Colin Sharp Bassett. Here is an Chelmsford, and held since 1906 by the Rev. Robert Pr.dowment of 30s. to be given in bread; James "Traver.s Saulez M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, Bentley esq. by deed of gift, 1865, ~ave the sum of who resides at Willingate Doe. [,4oo, the interest of which is to be appliPd in keeping Sexton, James Lodge, jun. the churchyard and walls in good repair. Tile Margaret .