Rochford
Rochford is a town in the Rochford area of Essex in the East of England. It is about 43 miles (69 kilometres) from Central London and also around 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 appropriate, as well as London Southend Airport, had a population of 7,610, increasing to 8,471 at the 2011 Census. The town is the primary negotiation in the Rochford area, and takes its name from Rochefort, Old English for Ford of the Hunting Dogs. The River Roach was initially called the Walfleet (Creek of the immigrants). It was relabelled the Roach in what is called a back development. This is where it is thought that Rochford suggests ford over the River Cockroach so they relabelled the river to fit the concept. The community faces rural growths in the churches of Ashingdon as well as Hawkwell. Kings Hill, in Rochford, was remarkable for including the Lawless Court up until the 19th century.
