ORSETT, a parish in the hundred of BARSTABLE,
county of ESSEX, 18 miles (S. S. W.) from Chelmsford,
containing 1130 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the jurisdiction of the Commissary of Essex and
Herts, concurrently with the Consistorial Court of the
Bishop of London, rated in the king's books at
£29. 6. 8., and in the patronage of the Bishop. The
church is dedicated to St. Giles and All Saints. There
is an endowed school for educating and clothing
fourteen boys, founded by Edward Anson, Esq. Orsett
Hall, the [manor-house, was erected upwards of three
hundred and fifty years ago. In the neighbourhood
are vestiges of ancient intrenchments, enclosing four or
five acres.