STEBBING, a parish in the hundred of HINCKFORD,
county of ESSEX, 3 miles (N. E. by E.) from Great
Dunmow, containing 1311 inhabitants. The living is a
vicarage, 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 £ 12.
Thomas Batt, Esq. was patron in 1802. The church,
dedicated to St. Mary, has lately received an addition of
one hundred and forty free sittings, the Incorporated
Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels
having granted £30 towards defraying the expense.
There is a place of worship for Independents.