English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Abbess Roding

Major Settlement in the Parish of Abbess Roding

Historical Forms

  • Roinges Abbatisse 1237 Colch
  • Roinges le Abbesse 1258 FF
  • Rodyng, Rothinge Abbatisse 1291 FF 1306 Abbr
  • Rothing Berking 1312 FF
  • Abbeys Rothyng 1518 Deed
  • Rothynge Abbasse 1546 Deed
  • Abbas Rooding 1666 EssPRiv
  • Abbish Rooden 1694 ERxxxi
  • Abbots Roding 1733 EssPRiv

Etymology

v. Roding infra 490–1. Abbess and Berking because part of the possessions of the Abbess of Barking . For Abbish , cf. Garnish Hall infra 84.

Places in the same Parish