Roothing, High (All Saints)

ROOTHING, HIGH (All Saints), a parish, in the union and hundred of Dunmow, N. division of the county of Essex, 4½ miles (S. W. by S.) from Dunmow; containing 446 inhabitants. The parish takes the prefix to its name from its situation higher up the river Roden than the other places called Roothing. There are several ancient mansions. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £20, and in the gift of the Earl of Roden: the tithes have been commuted for £487, and the glebe comprises 25 acres.