ELSENHAM, a parish in the hundred of UTTLESFORD,
county of ESSEX, 2 miles (N.E.) from Stansted-
Mountfitchet, containing 434 inhabitants. The living is
a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Colchester, and diocese
of London, rated in the king's books at £11. 10,, and
in the patronage of the Bishop of London. The church
is dedicated to St. Mary. There is a small endowment
for teaching two poor children.