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Roothing, Berners

ROOTHING, BERNERS, a parish, in the union of Ongar, hundred of Dunmow, N. division of Essex, 5¾ miles (N. E. by N.) from Ongar; containing 103 inhabitants. This parish, which derives its distinguishing affix from Hugh de Berners, to whom the manor at one time belonged, comprises 1038a. 12p., whereof 841 acres are arable, 162 pasture, and 34 woodland. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £63; patron, T. W. Bramston, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £224. 14.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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