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 as well as roughly 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, 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 development. This is where it is presumed that Rochford implies ford over the River Cockroach so they relabelled the river to fit the concept. The town faces rural growths in the churches of Ashingdon and Hawkwell. Kings Hill, in Rochford, was remarkable for consisting of the Lawless Court up till the 19th century.