Description
Aldham, a village and a parish in Essex, near Colne river, 1 mile N of Marks Tey station on the G.E.R., and 5 miles ENE of Coggleshall, with a post and money order office under Colchester; telegraph office, Marks Tey. Acreage, 1865; population, 449, entirely agricultural. The manor belonged to the De Veres. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St Albans; gross yearly value, £303 with residence. The church is dedicated to St Margaret and St Catherine, and possesses a perfect 14th century porch, which is much admired. The parish includes the hamlet of Ford Street. Morant the historian was rector of Aldham.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
