FRINTON, a parish in the hundred of TENDRING, county of ESSEX, 13 miles (S.E.) from Manningtree, containing 45 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Colchester, and diocese of London, rated in the king's books at £7 6. 8. W. Lushington, Esq. was patron in 1818. This parish lies on the shore of the North sea, which is continually encroaching on the land.