DEBDEN, a parish in the hundred of UTTLESFORD,
county of ESSEX, 4 miles (N.W. by W.) from Thaxted,
containing 940 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry of Colchester, and. diocese of London,
rated in the king's books at £34. R. M. F. Cbiswell,
Esq. was patron in 1796, The church, dedicated to St.
Mary., has at the east end an octangular chapel, containing
several handsome monuments of the Chiswells; the
font, an elegant piece of workmanship, adorned with
statues, was presented by the late Mr. Chiswell.