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