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.