# Leaden Roding > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Leaden_Roding > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Leaden_Roding.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaden_Roding > Source revision: 1323031420 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Village in Essex, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} {{Use British English|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox UK place| |country = England |official_name = Leaden Roding |static_image = File:Church of St Michael, Leaden Roding, Essex, England - from south-west.jpg |static_image_caption = St Michael's Church, Leaden Roding |coordinates = {{coord|51.7961|0.311188|display=inline,title}} |population = 720 | population_ref = (Parish, 2021){{cite web |title=2021 Census Parish Profiles |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2021_pp |website=NOMIS |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=31 March 2025}} (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.) |civil_parish = Leaden Roding |shire_district = [Uttlesford](/source/Uttlesford) |region = East of England |shire_county = [Essex](/source/Essex) |constituency_westminster = [Saffron Walden](/source/Saffron_Walden_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) |post_town = Dunmow |postcode_district = CM6 |postcode_area = CM |dial_code = 01279 |os_grid_reference = TL594133 |london_distance = |website = }} '''Leaden Roding''' is a village and [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) in the [Uttlesford](/source/Uttlesford) district of [Essex](/source/Essex), England. The village is included in the eight [hamlets](/source/Hamlet_(place)) and [villages](/source/villages) called [The Rodings](/source/The_Rodings). Leaden Roding is {{convert|8|mi|km|0}} north-west from the [county town](/source/county_town) of [Chelmsford](/source/Chelmsford). At the [2021 census](/source/2021%E2%80%932022_United_Kingdom_censuses) the parish had a population of 720. ==History== According to ''A Dictionary of British Place Names'', Roding derives from "Rodinges" as is listed in the ''[Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book)'', with the later variation 'Ledeineroing' recorded in 1248. The 'Leaden' refers to the lead roof of the parish church.Mills, Anthony David (2003); ''A Dictionary of British Place Names'', [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press), revised edition (2011), p.392. {{ISBN|019960908X}} Leaden Roding itself is not listed in the Domesday survey. However, [William the Conqueror](/source/William_the_Conqueror) seized The Rodings from [Ely](/source/Ely%2C_Cambridgeshire) after defeating rebels in the [Isle of Ely](/source/Isle_of_Ely). He gave Leaden-Roding to [Geoffrey de Mandeville](/source/Geoffrey_de_Mandeville_(11th_century)). The manor was then transferred to [William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey](/source/William_de_Warenne%2C_1st_Earl_of_Surrey). The manor church, called Leaden-Church and its [advowson](/source/advowson) was given by William de Warenne to [Castle Acre](/source/Castle_Acre_Priory), his [Cluniac](/source/Cluniac) [priory](/source/priory) that he founded in [Norfolk](/source/Norfolk) in 1090. Castle Acre held Leaden Roding advowson until the [Suppression of the Monasteries](/source/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries), when it was given to [Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex](/source/Henry_Bourchier%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Essex), and next through his daughter [Anne Bourchier](/source/Anne_Bourchier%2C_7th_Baroness_Bourchier)'s marriage, to [William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton](/source/William_Parr%2C_1st_Marquess_of_Northampton), who then became the Earl of Essex in its seventh creation (1543). The advowson was then transferred to the Luther family, who were still in possession in 1738. Other land in Leaden Roding belonged to [Colne Priory](/source/Colne_Priory), which was given by Henry VIII to his [favourite](/source/favourite), [Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk](/source/Charles_Brandon%2C_1st_Duke_of_Suffolk).Cox, Thomas; Hall, Anthony; Morden, Robert (1738), "Essex" in ''[https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_KZJJAAAAMAAJ#page/n729/mode/2up Magna Britannia antiqua & nova: or, A new, exact, and comprehensive survey of the ancient and present state of Great Britain]'' p.675. In 1738 using the modern usage 'Leaden Roding' Traditional alternative names for the parish and village include ''Leaden Roothing'', ''Leaden Rooding'', ''Roding Plumb'', ''Rooding Plumboa'', and ''Roding Plumbea'', although the parish was contemporaneously referred to with the 'Roding' suffix in trade directories, gazetteers, sources, and in official documents and maps.Urban, Sylnanus; ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=VqNJAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Leaden+Roding%22&pg=PA373 The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle]'', January 1799, Vol. 69, Part 1, p.373. Reference to parish as 'Roding-Leaden' in 1799Luckombe, Philip, ''[https://archive.org/stream/englandsgazettee02whatiala#page/n127/mode/2up England's Gazetteer, or An Accurate Description of all the Cities, Town, and Villages of the Kingdom]'' (1751), vol 2. Reference to parish as 'Roding-Leaden' in 1751''[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZBlKAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22High+Rooding%22&pg=PA6393 The London Gazette]'' 26 November 1845[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/os-1-to-10560/essex/042 "Sheet 042"] Map of Essex. Southampton: Ordnance Survey, 1872-1890. [British History Online](/source/British_History_Online). Web. Retrieved 15 February 2018 Today the official parish name is 'Leaden Roding'.[https://www.uttlesford.gov.uk/article/3526/Town-and-Parish-Councils "Town and Parish Councils: Leaden Roding"], Uttlesford District Council. Retrieved 15 February 2018 thumb|left|Leaden Roding, Ordnance Survey map 1805 During the 13th-century reign of [Henry III](/source/Henry_III_of_England), the [manor](/source/Manorialism) was held by Hugh Blount of the [Earl of Arundel](/source/Earl_of_Arundel) family. In the 14th-century reign of [Richard II](/source/Richard_II_of_England), it was held by [John Doreward](/source/John_Doreward) on behalf of [Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester](/source/Thomas_of_Woodstock%2C_1st_Duke_of_Gloucester). Later the manor was transferred to John Writtyll, and attached to his manor of Mascalsbury (aka Mascallesbury) in the neighbouring parish of [White Roding](/source/White_Roding). In the 16th century, during the reign of [Henry VIII](/source/Henry_VIII_of_England), the Waldgrave family held the manor; it was conveyed to John Sherecroft during the reign of [Elizabeth I](/source/Elizabeth_I_of_England). The parish was in the [Dunmow](/source/Great_Dunmow) [Hundred](/source/Hundred_(county_subdivision)), was part of the [Rural Dean](/source/Rural_Dean)ery of Roding, and, from the 1830s, was in the Dunmow [Union](/source/Workhouse) – [poor relief](/source/poor_relief) provision set up under the [Poor Law Amendment Act 1834](/source/Poor_Law_Amendment_Act_1834).''[Whites Directory of Essex](/source/White's_Directories)'' 1848 / 1863''[Kelly's Directory](/source/Kelly's_Directory) of Essex'' 1882 pp.245-247 / 1894 pp.285-288 / 1902 pp.339-341 / 1914 pp.477-480''Post Office Directory of Essex 1874'' In 1848 the [lord of the manor](/source/lord_of_the_manor) was [Henry Trevor, Lord Dacre](/source/Henry_Trevor%2C_21st_Baron_Dacre). The 1882 Lordship was held by Captain James Odams while the parish had three principal landowners. From 1894 to 1914, Lordship was held by the trustees of Lord Dacre. Principal landowners in 1914 included Messrs [Strutt & Parker](/source/Strutt_%26_Parker). The [ecclesiastical parish](/source/Parish) [living](/source/Benefice) was a [rectory](/source/Rector_(ecclesiastical)) with [residence](/source/Clergy_house) with {{convert|47|acre|km2|2}} of [glebe](/source/glebe), being land used for the support of the [incumbent](/source/Incumbent_(ecclesiastical)), in the 1848 [gift](/source/Gift_(law)) and [patronage](/source/Patronage) of the [Lord Chancellor](/source/Lord_Chancellor), [Charles Pepys](/source/Charles_Pepys%2C_1st_Earl_of_Cottenham). In 1882 the patronage fell to [Roundell Palmer](/source/Roundell_Palmer%2C_1st_Earl_of_Selborne); in 1894 to [Farrer Herschell](/source/Farrer_Herschell%2C_1st_Baron_Herschell); in 1902 to [Hardinge Giffard](/source/Hardinge_Giffard%2C_1st_Earl_of_Halsbury); and in 1914 to [Richard Haldane](/source/Richard_Haldane%2C_1st_Viscount_Haldane). The [parish church](/source/Church_of_England_parish_church) of St Michaels and All Saints was restored in 1866 and contained 100 sittings. The parish register for baptisms and burials dates to 1572, and marriages to 1752. Listed in the 1880s was a [Congregational chapel](/source/Congregational_church), associated with the chapels at '[Abbotts Roding](/source/Abbess_Roding)' and [High Easter](/source/High_Easter) which conducted the services at Leaden Roding. By 1848 the parish was entitled to send its children to the D'Oyley's School, at [Margaret Roding](/source/Margaret_Roding). In 1882, listings included a Leaden Roding Mixed School with an average attendance of 18. Ten years later this was described as a [National School](/source/National_school_(England_and_Wales)) for 35 boys and girls with an average attendance of 27, and after 1902, 50 children with an average attendance of 35. By 1914 the school was a [Public Elementary School](/source/Elementary_school_(England_and_Wales)) controlled by Essex Education (Dunmow District) Sub-Committee. In 1848, parish land area measured {{convert|873|acre|km2|2}} after which it rose to {{convert|913|acre|km2|2}} up to at least 1914. Crops grown at the time were chiefly wheat, barley and beans, on a heavy soil with a clay subsoil. Parish population in 1841 was 171; in 1881, 179; in 1891, 190; in 1901, 177; and in 1911, 175. Within the parish was "a place called 'Leaden Wash', where a turnbridge was made for the convenience carriages and foot passengers crossing the water". thumb|right|King William IV Inn, in 1900 Parish occupations in 1848 included three farmers, a [wheelwright](/source/wheelwright) a butcher, a shopkeeper, and the [licensee](/source/Landlord) of the King William IV [public house](/source/public_house). The King William IV, dating to the early 19th century, is listed in all 19th- and 20th-century directories until its closure in the 1990s, and was Grade II [listed](/source/Listed_building) in 1983.{{NHLE|num= 1141254|desc=King William IV Public House|accessdate= 15 February 2018}} In 1863, the pub licensee was also a shopkeeper. The same year the wheelwright, butcher, and shopkeeper remained, and were joined by a shoemaker and one more farmer. Three farmers were listed in 1874, with previous trades remaining except for the shoemaker, and with further additions of a carpenter, a thatcher, a gardener, and a second shopkeeper who was also a beer retailer. By 1882, a bricklayer and a grocer & draper had joined the others, and one of the farmers was also a beer retailer. In 1894, the carpenter, bricklayer, wheelwright, and shopkeeper & beer retailer remained, although there was only one farmer listed. Added occupations were a farm bailiff and a dress maker, while the grocer & draper was now the Post Office sub-postmaster. Listed in 1902 was the grocer & draper, the beer retailer & shopkeeper, the bricklayer, one farmer, a farm bailiff, two wheelwrights, and the sub-postmaster of the Post, Telegraph & Express Delivery Office. By 1914, the number of farmers had increased again to three, one at a [Strutt & Parker](/source/Strutt_%26_Parker) farm which employed one of the now two parish farm bailiffs. The grocer & draper and one wheelwright remained. There was extra listing for an assistant overseer, a carrier (to [Chelmsford](/source/Chelmsford) on Mondays and Fridays)—a person who transported trading goods and produce for others, and occasionally people, from place to place, usually by horse and cart—and the Secretary of the [Ancient Order of Foresters](/source/Foresters_Friendly_Society) (Court of Lord Roden No. 5827). There was the sub-postmaster of the Post and Telegraph Office, and a Police Station with constable. Leaden Roding was a traditional centre for [fox hunting](/source/fox_hunting). In their 1896 book ''The Essex Foxhounds'', Ball and Gilbey saw Leaden Roding and the King William IV Inn as at the centre of The Rodings, with Leaden Wood (to the southeast of the village) "the most important covert in the district", and the previous property of Lord Dacre.Ball, Richard Francis; Gilbey, Tresham (1896) ''[https://archive.org/stream/essexfoxhoundswi00ball#page/22/mode/2up The Essex Foxhounds]'', p.23 {{clear left}} ==Community== Leaden Roding parish is in the parliamentary constituency of [Saffron Walden](/source/Saffron_Walden_(UK_Parliament_constituency)), and is part of the High Easter & the Rodings ward of Uttlesford District Council.[https://www.uttlesford.gov.uk/article/3256/Uttlesford-District-Wards-and-Representation "Uttlesford District Wards and Representation"], Uttlesford District Council. Retrieved 15 February 2018 Civil parish governance is through its own [parish council](/source/Parish_councils_in_England). Leaden Roding is one of [The Hundred Parishes](/source/The_Hundred_Parishes), a group of East of England parishes defined by its special heritage characteristics. Leaden Roding has a village hall, a cricket club,{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160812054631/http://www.essexinfo.net/leadenroding/village-hall/ "Village Hall"]}}, Leaden Roding Parish Council. Retrieved 15 February 2018[https://www.uttlesford.gov.uk/article/2669/Cricket-Pitches-and-Tennis-Courts "Cricket Pitches and Tennis Courts"], Uttlesford District Council. Retrieved 15 February 2018 a fire and rescue station,[http://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/locations/Station_88_Leaden_Roding/ "Station 88 Leaden Roding"], Essex County Fire & Rescue Service. Retrieved 15 February 2018 a village store and a garage services company. The local school is Rodings Primary School.[http://www.rodingsprimaryschool.co.uk/ Rodings Primary School] web site. Retrieved 15 February 2018 ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Leaden Roding}} * [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/essex/vol2/pp149-150 "Leaden Roding"] in ''An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex'', Volume 2, Central and South west. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921. 149-150. [British History Online](/source/British_History_Online). Web. Retrieved 15 February 2018 * [http://www.essexchurches.info/Church.aspx?p=Leaden%20Roding Leaden Roding Church on Essex Churches website] * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180215023426/https://www.essexinfo.net/leadenroding/ Leaden Roding Parish Council website]}} * [http://cloghams.play-cricket.com/ Cloghams Cricket Club], Leaden Roding * [https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/6152/ "Leaden Roding: St Michael], Church of England. Retrieved 15 February 2018 * [https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/leaden-roding-uttlesford-essex "Listed Buildings in Leaden Roding, Uttlesford, Essex"], British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 15 February 2018 {{Portalbar|England|United Kingdom}} {{Essex|state=collapsed}} {{authority control}} Category:Villages in Essex Category:Uttlesford Category:Civil parishes in Essex --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Leaden Roding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaden_Roding) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaden_Roding?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.