Rochford, Essex

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Rochford is a town in Essex

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Rochford within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Rochford in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Rochford.-- small town and par., Essex, on river Roche, 3½ miles N. of Southend on Sea and 16½ miles SE. of Chelmsford, 1867 ac., pop. 1675; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; Rochford Hall (part of which still stands) was the birthplace of Anne Boleyn (1507-1536), mother of Queen Elizabeth.

Rochford in the Domesday Book

A village in Rochford hundred, in the county of Essex.

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