Roothing, Leaden

ROOTHING, LEADEN, a parish, in the union and hundred of Dunmow, N. division of Essex, 6½ miles (S. S. W.) from Dunmow; containing 171 inhabitants. It comprises 911a. 2r. 33p., of which about 800 acres are arable, 70 pasture, and 40 woodland. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £12. 13. 4., and in the patronage of the Crown; net income, £227. The church is of great antiquity, with a wooden belfry-turret surmounted by a low spire.