FINGRINGHOE, a parish in the hundred of WINSTREE,
county of ESSEX, 4 miles (S.E. by S.) from
Colchester, containing 472 inhabitants. The living is a
discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Colchester,
and diocese of London, rated in the king's books at
£13. 7. Peter Firmin, Esq. was patron in 1826. The
church is dedicated to St. Andrew. The river Colne is
navigable on the east, and Geeton creek on the south
side of the parish.