LOUGHTON, a parish in the hundred of ONGAR,
county of ESSEX, 14 miles (N.E. by N.) from London,
containing 979. inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the jurisdiction of the Commissary of London, concurrently
with the Consistorial Court of the Bishop of
London, rated in the king's books at £18. 3. 9. Miss
Whitaker was patroness in 1805. The church is dedicated
to St. Nicholas. There is a place of worship for
Baptists.