MARKSHALL, a parish in the Witham division of the hundred of LEXDEN, county of ESSEX, 2 miles (N. W.) from Great Coggeshall, containing 59 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Colchester, and diocese of London, rated in the king's books at £14. F. Honeywood, Esq. was patron in 1800. The church is dedicated to St. Margaret.