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The Environs of London
… Romford was formerly esteemed one of the wards of Hornchurch, but is now, as far as relates to the civil … wards. The parish of Romford is bounded by Dagenham, Hornchurch, Southweald, and Havering. Its extent I have not … Liberty of Havering. The parishes of Romford, Hornchurch, and Havering, (being originally one only,) form a …
A History of the County of Essex
… Romford is treated above, along with that of Havering and Hornchurch. 1 In the three rural wards of Romford agriculture … in Romford; these are treated elsewhere. 3 Romford, like Hornchurch, was an early centre of the leather industry. … name suggests that it was associated with one of two Hornchurch ironfounders: Mary Wedlake & Co., or Wedlake & …
A History of the County of Essex
… and built a school for 45 boys and 20 girls from Hornchurch and Romford. A master's house was built next to it … his will dated 1730, gave the school a house and land in Hornchurch Lane (South Street). By 1804 the master and … the governors to admit more children, from Romford, Hornchurch, or Havering. In 1834 the school was united with …
A History of the County of Essex
… or 'Romford side', was a chapelry of the ancient parish of Hornchurch, containing five wards: town, Harold Wood, Collier … Row, Noak Hill, and Havering. 2 It remained subject to Hornchurch for church purposes until the 19th century, but … a municipal borough in 1937. In 1965 it was united with Hornchurch U.D. to form the London borough of Havering. The …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1 Romford, like Havering, was originally a chapelry of Hornchurch. By the 16th century Romford chapel vestry was … also to a pewopener, and to a book-keeper. Here, as at Hornchurch, there seem to have been separate rates for the … following decades rose much more slowly in Romford than in Hornchurch. 22 In 1836 the chapelry of Romford became part of …
A History of the County of Essex
… Richard Harding, who acquired the manor of Nelmes, in Hornchurch, in 1781, and took the surname of Newman in 1783. … (d. 1487) also held Gooshayes in Romford and Dovers in Hornchurch. Before his death he sold Dagenhams and Cockerels … and Earls in Havering, and that of Redden Court in Hornchurch. During an eventful career he was twice …
A History of the County of Essex
… new constituencies for the borough of Havering: Upminster, Hornchurch, and Romford. The new Romford constituency was won …
A History of the County of Essex
… was first mentioned in 1177, when the pope confirmed it to Hornchurch priory along with the church of Havering i.e. St. Andrew, Hornchurch, and other possessions previously granted by Henry II. 1 Romford remained part of the parish of Hornchurch until the 19th century. The original chapel, also …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… W. towers (see Plates), of which those at Prittlewell, Hornchurch, Little Wakering, Canewdon and Barling are … the parish church, of the alien hospital or priory of Hornchurch. Small 17th-century almshouses are scheduled under … of late 16th-century work in the Pennant Almshouses at Hornchurch. Secular Buildings. The high proportion of …
County of Middlesex. Calendar to the sessions records: new series
… worth 3 from John Ewyn of "Nokehillwarde" in the parish of Hornchurch, co. Essex, yeoman, at Whitechapel aforesaid. …