RAWRETH, a parish in the hundred of ROCHFORD, county of ESSEX,.3.miles (N. W.) from Rayleigh, containing 327 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Essex, and diocese,of London, rated in the king's books at £20. 13. 4., and in .the patronage of the Master and Fellows of Pembroke College, Cambridge. The church, dedicated to.St. Nicholas, has lately received an addition of sixty free sittings, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having granted £50 towards defraying the expense. A charity school is partly .supported bj contributions, averaging about £10 per annum.