Rochford
Rochford is a community in the Rochford district of Essex in the East of England. It has to do with 43 miles (69 km) from Central London and roughly 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, as well as London Southend Airport, had a population of 7,610, boosting to 8,471 at the 2011 Census. The community is the main 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 originally called the Walfleet (Creek of the foreigners). It was renamed the Roach in what is referred to as a back formation. This is where it is thought that Rochford means ford over the River Roach so they renamed the river to fit the concept. The town faces country advancements in the churches of Ashingdon as well as Hawkwell. Kings Hill, in Rochford, was noteworthy for consisting of the Lawless Court up till the 19th century.
