ASHELDHAM, a parish in the hundred of DENGIE,
county of ESSEX, 5 miles (S. S. W.) from Bradwell,
containing 156 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Essex, and diocese of
London, rated in the king's books at £ 16. 13. 4., and
in the patronage of the Bishop of London. The church
is dedicated to St. Lawrence.