HADSTOCK, a parish in the hundred of FRESHWELL,
county of ESSEX, 1 mile (S.) from Linton, containing
392 inhabitants. The liv.ing is a rectory, in the
jurisdiction of the Commissary of Essex and Herts,
concurrently with the Consistorial Court of the Bishop
of London, rated in the king's books at £ 19, and in the
patronage of the Bishop of Ely. The church, dedicated
to St. Botolph, is an ancient structure having a curious
Norman door-way. A school of industry is attended
by about fifty children, and principally supported by
their earnings.