Rochford
Rochford is a town in the Rochford area of Essex in the East of England. It is about 43 miles (69 km) from Central London as well as around 21 miles (34 kilometres) from Chelmsford, the County Town of Essex. According to the 2001 census the civil parish of Rochford, which includes the town proper, and also London Southend Airport, had a population of 7,610, enhancing to 8,471 at the 2011 Census. The community is the major settlement in the Rochford area, as well as takes its name from Rochefort, Old English for Ford of the Hunting Dogs. The River Roach was initially called the Walfleet (Creek of the foreigners). It was relabelled the Roach in what is called a back formation. This is where it is assumed that Rochford implies ford over the River Cockroach so they relabelled the river to fit the concept. The town runs into country growths in the parishes of Ashingdon and Hawkwell. Kings Hill, in Rochford, was remarkable for containing the Lawless Court up until the 19th century.
