WEALD (SOUTH), a parish in the hundred of
CHAFFORD, county of ESSEX, 1 mile (W.) from Brentwood,
containing, with the chapelry of Brentwood and
the hamlet of Brookstreet, 2558 inhabitants. The
living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Essex, and
diocese of London, rated in the king's books at
£26. 13. 4., and in the patronage of the Bishop of
London. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. Courts
leet and baron are occasionally held. The whole parish
is entitled to send boys to the free grammar school at
Brentwood, founded in 1556, by Sir Anthony Browne.
In front of the ancient hall is a mild chalybeate spring,
much resorted to in summer, the water possessing properties
somewhat similar to those of sea water.