STANFORD-RIVERS, a parish in the hundred of
ONGAR, county of ESSEX, 2 miles (S. W. by W.) from
Chipping-Ongar, containing 792 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Essex, and diocese
of London, rated in the king's books at £26. 13. 4.,
and in the patronage of the King, as Duke of Lancaster.
The church is dedicated to St. Margaret. There
is a place of worship for Independents. A workhouse
for eleven contiguous parishes is now being erected.