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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Helen and St. Giles), a parish, in the union of Romford, hundred of Chafford, S. division of Essex, 4 miles …
City of London Livery Companies Commission. Report
… l. to the Company; 120 l. to be lent to six inhabitants of Romford, and 80 l. to be lent to the inhabitants of … Cheshunt. The sum of 100 l. for loans to poor tradesmen of Romford, without interest, is still occasionally lent on … of the Company, and the letter of the vestry clerk of Romford of the 27th December 1831, that a sum of 20 l., lent …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Ripple RIPPLE, a ward, in the parish of Barking, union of Romford, hundred of Beacontree, S. division of Essex, 10 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… been commuted for 190, and the glebe comprises 150 acres. Romford (St. Edward the Confessor) ROMFORD ( St. Edward the Confessor), a market-town and … and in 1836, an act was passed for making a railway from Romford to Shell haven, and for constructing a tide-dock at …
The Environs of London
… Romford ROMFORD. Situation. Etymology. This town lies on the great … and signifies the broad ford. Boundaries. Soil. Land-tax. Romford was formerly esteemed one of the wards of Hornchurch, … 1; consisting of four wards, distinguished by the names of Romford-town, Collier's-row, Harold's-wood, and Nokehill …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Romford Rural 77. ROMFORD RURAL (C.e.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)lxvi. S.E. (b)lxvii. N.W.) Romford Rural is a large civil parish adjoining Romford Urban on the N. Roman b(1). Roman tiles are said to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Romford Urban 78. ROMFORD URBAN. (C.e.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)lxvi. S.E. (b)lxxiv. N.E.) Romford is a market town and outer suburb of London, 6 m. …
A History of the County of Essex
… Romford Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. The agrarian history of Romford is treated above, along with that of Havering and Hornchurch. 1 In the three rural wards of Romford agriculture continued to be the main occupation down …
A History of the County of Essex
… Romford Education and charities EDUCATION. There was a free school at Romford, kept by Thomas Horrocks, c. 16416. 1 A charity … factory school at Squirrels Heath. A school board for Romford was formed compulsorily in 1872. 2 It took over the …
A History of the County of Essex
… Romford Introduction ROMFORD Manors and other Estates, p. 64. Economic History, p. … p. 91. Education, p. 91. Charities for the Poor, p. 96. Romford, about 12 miles east of the city of London, is part …