White Roding is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England.

According to A Dictionary of British Place Names, Roding derives from "Rodinges" as is listed in the Domesday Book, with the later variation 'White Roeng' recorded in 1248.

Before the Conquest, lordship was held by Saemer, as his only manor; after given to Thorgisl, under Eudo Dapifer who was Tenant-in-chief to William the Conqueror.

[3] Traditional alternative names for the parish and village include White Roothing, White Rooding and Roding Alba, although the parish was contemporaneously referred to with the 'Roding' suffix in trade directories, gazetteers, sources, and in official documents and maps.

[14] The manor of White Roding was owned by Sir Richard Everard Bt., who was succeeded by John Le Neve who sold it on in 1717.

Following Quenton, Sir Henry Green (c.1347 – 1399) of Drayton House in Northamptonshire held the manor and advowson, this until 1397.

The following vacancy was filled by Sir Simon Felbrigg, and his wife, Katherine, she holding the advowson for three successive parish priests.

John Stafford's wife, Constance, was the daughter and heir to the earlier patron, Sir Henry Green.

The farmer at Camesse (Cammas Hall in Morell Roding), would give over "a piece of ground" to discharge his duty of a tithe of one field.

Ralph Pettus, of the Pettus baronet family, who was a supporter of, and fought with Charles I during the English Civil War, consequently losing his estates in Magdalen Laver, 5 miles (8 km) south-west from White Roding, and later offered the same support for the returned Charles II, probably took up residence at White Roding after the restoration of the monarchy.

Colville Hall in the parish was bequeathed in 1701 "for the relief of poor widows and unfortunate seamen of Stepney".

A principal landowner in 1894 was Major John Augustus Fane (1839–1908), of Barnes Common London, and son of Colonel John William Fane MP and Lady Ellen Catherine Parker, daughter to Thomas Parker, 5th Earl of Macclesfield (1763–1850).

[19][20][21] Also in 1848 the rectory was in the patronage of John Maryon Wilson, with the incumbency including a residence and 64 acres (0.26 km2) of glebe.

[19][20][21][22][23][24] St Martins Church was restored in 1879 at cost of £1,700, which included the purchase of a new organ, and an added vestry, stalls for the chancel, and oak benches.

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

[19][20][21] Parish occupations in 1848 included nine farmers, with two at Morrell Roding, one at Maskell's Hall, and another at Colville's Hall, a carpenter, a blacksmith, a shoemaker, two shopkeepers, a tailor, a grocer & draper, a miller & baker, two school teachers, and a relieving officer – a relieving officer visited those applying for assistance under poor law and assessed the type of relief needed, or whether or not relief should be given.

There were now two bricklayers and two grocers, one also a draper, the shop keeper & beer retailer, blacksmith, wheelwright, and shoemaker.

Trades remained as previously, with extra listing for a plumber, a general dealer and a third bricklayer.

The licensed victuallers of the Black Horse and Whalebone public houses were listed in directories from at least 1848 to at least 1914, as were millers at White Roding corn mill, using both wind and steam by 1894.

Trades and services include a recreation ground with a sports and social club, a garage services autocentre, a butcher, a farm shop with restaurant, a flower shop, a barn wedding venue, and a catering equipment supplier.