CHINGFORD, a parish in the hundred of WALTHAM,
county of ESSEX, 9 miles (N. N. E.) from London,
containing 837 inhabitants. The living is a rectory>
in the archdeaconry of Essex, and diocese of London,
rated in the king's books at & 14. 5. 5., and in the patronage
of J. Heathcote, Esq. The church, dedicated
to All Saints, is a small building of flint and stone, with
a low tower; it is in the later style of English architecture,
and much overgrown with ivy/ This parish
lies on the border of Epping Forest, in which there is
!a house termed Queen Elizabeth's Lodge, where the
courts under the forest laws are held. A day and a
Sunday school are supported by subscription.