PEERING, a parish in the Witham division of the hundred of LEXDEN, county of ESSEX, lj mile (N.N.E.) from Kelvedon, containing 615 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Colchester, and diocese of London, rated in the king's books at £11, and in the patronage of the Bishop of London. The church is dedicated to All Saints. The parish is separated from Kelvedon by the river Pont, or Blackwater, over which there is a light and elegant bridge.