MORETON
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales...., by John Marius Wilson. circa 1866
MORETON, a village and a parish in Ongar district, Essex. The village stands on an affluent of the river Roding, 3 miles N by W of Ongar r. station, and 5¾ NE of Epping; and has a post-office under Ongar. The parish comprises 1,421 acres. Real property, £2,549. Pop., 497. Houses, 104. the property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £375. Patron, St. John's College, Cambridge. The church is a plain building, with brick tower and shingled spire. There are an Independent chapel, an endowed national school, with £35 a-year, and charities £20.
Transcribed by Noel Clark