CHIGNAL (ST-JAMES), a parish in the hundred of CHELMSFORD, county of ESSEX, 3 miles (N. W.) from Chelmsford, containing 217 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, with that of Mashbury united, in the archdeaconry of Essex, and diocese of London, rated in the king's books at £10. 14. 7., and in the patronage qf John Strutt, Esq. Besides the present church of St. James, there was formerly one dedicated to St. Mary, long since taken down.