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Abbess Roding

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OS grid reference
  
TL571113

Country
  
England

Post town
  
ONGAR

Shire county
  
Essex

Dialling code
  
01279

Region
  
East

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Local time
  
Tuesday 6:43 AM

District
  
Epping Forest District

UK parliament constituency
  
Brentwood and Ongar

Abbess Roding

Population
  
(2011)427 (parish population)

Weather
  
2°C, Wind SW at 16 km/h, 90% Humidity

Civil parish
  
Abbess Beauchamp and Berners Roding

Abbess Roding is one of eight hamlets and villages called The Rodings in Essex, England.

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Map of Abbess Roding, Ongar, UK

Its name derives from the Abbess of Barking who was a patron of the parish church of St. Edmund in the Middle Ages.

Abbess Roding is located in the west of Essex, 8.4 km (5.2 mi) north of Chipping Ongar, between Harlow in the west and 14.5 km (9.0 mi) from the county town of Chelmsford in the east. The village is in the district of Epping Forest and in the parliamentary constituency of Brentwood & Ongar. The village is served by Abbess Beauchamp and Berners Roding Parish Council.

Abbess Roding recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086-7 as Roinges in the Hundred of Ongar, when it was part of the land of Geoffrey de Mandeville and was held by Geoffrey Martel.

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References

Abbess Roding Wikipedia