Rochford
Rochford is a town in the Rochford district of Essex in the East of England. It has to do with 43 miles (69 kilometres) from Central London and approximately 21 miles (34 km) from Chelmsford, the County Town of Essex. According to the 2001 census the civil parish of Rochford, which includes the town correct, as well as London Southend Airport, had a population of 7,610, enhancing to 8,471 at the 2011 Census. The community is the main settlement in the Rochford area, and takes its name from Rochefort, Old English for Ford of the Hunting Dogs. The River Roach was originally called the Walfleet (Creek of the foreigners). It was relabelled the Roach in what is referred to as a back development. This is where it is presumed that Rochford suggests ford over the River Roach so they relabelled the river to fit the theory. The community runs into rural growths in the churches of Ashingdon and Hawkwell. Kings Hill, in Rochford, was remarkable for having the Lawless Court up till the 19th century.
