UPMINSTER, a parish in the hundred of CHAFFORD,
county of ESSEX, 4 miles (E.S.E.) from Romford,
containing 952 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 W. Holden, Esq. The church is dedicated
to St. Lawrence. There is a place of worship for Independents.
In the neighbourhood are many genteel
residences: here is also a mineral spring. Dr. Derham,
author of " Physico-Theology," &c., was rector of
the parish from 1689 to 1735.