[1] According to A Dictionary of British Place Names, Roding derives from "Rodinges" as is listed in the Domesday Book, with the later variation 'Royenges Beauchamp' recorded in 1238.

The 'Beauchamp' refers to the manorial possession by a family called 'de Beauchamp' held under the ownership of the Abbess of Barking.

Before the Conquest, lordship was held by Edsi and Leofwin; after given to Aubrey de Vere, with Count Alan of Brittany as Tenant-in-chief to William the Conqueror.

Crops grown at the time were chiefly wheat, barley and beans, on a heavy soil with a clay subsoil.

[4] On 1 April 1946 the parish was abolished to form "Abbess Beauchamp and Berners Roding".