TOLLESHUNT (MAJOR), a parish in the hundred
of THURSTABLE, county of ESSEX, 5 miles (N. E.:by B.)
from Maldon, containing 422 inhabitants. The living is
a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Colchester,
and diocese of London, rated in the king's books at
£8. Mrs. Jegon was patroness in 1810. The church is
dedicated- to St. Nicholas.  The parish extends south
to Blackwater river. Here is a venerable remnant of
the old manor-house, consisting of a spacious brick
gateway, with four embattled turrets.