Abbess Roding

Abbess Roding
St Edmund's Church, Abbess Roding
Abbess Roding
Abbess Roding shown within Essex
Population	(2011)427 (parish population)
OS grid reference	TL571113
Civil parish	Abbess Beauchamp and Berners Roding
District	Epping Forest
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ONGAR
Postcode district	CM5
Dialling code	01279

Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	Brentwood & Ongar
List of places UK England Essex 51°46′44″N 0°16′33″E / 51.7788°N 0.2759°E / 51.7788; 0.2759Coordinates: 51°46′44″N 0°16′33″E / 51.7788°N 0.2759°E / 51.7788; 0.2759

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

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.