WIMBISH, a parish in the hundred of UTTLESFORD,
county of ESSEX, 4 miles (B.S.E.) from Saffron-
Walden, containing, with Thunderley, 809 inhabitants.
The living is a vicarage, with that of Thunderley united
in 1425, in the archdeaconry of Middlesex, and diocese
of London, rated in the king's books at £8, and in
the patronage of the Rector: the rectory; a sinecure,
is rated at £ 12, and in the patronage of the Rev, John
Dolignon. The church is dedicated to All Saints. . Sarah
Barnard, in 1774, bequeathed an annuity of/£4 in
support of a school.