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   Rochford is a town and civil parish in the Rochford District in Essex, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Southend-on-Sea, 43 miles (69 km) from London and 21 miles (34 km) from Chelmsford. At the 2011 census, the civil parish had a population of 8,471.

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     Rochford is a local government district in Essex, England....

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   Aug 4, 2022 · The Myths of Lady Rochford, Tudor Noblewoman Who 'Betrayed' George and Anne Boleyn | Jane Boleyn | Smithsonian. HISTORY. The Myths of Lady Rochford, the Tudor Noblewoman Who Supposedly Betrayed...

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   Rochford, district, administrative and historic county of Essex, England. Occupying the southeast of the county, it is bordered to the north by the Crouch estuary and to the south by the Southend-on-Sea urban area on the Thames estuary. The River Roach (formerly Roch) flows through the centre of.

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   Where is Rochford in England?

   • Rochford is a local government district in Essex, England. It is named after one of its main settlements, Rochford, where the council is based. The largest town in the district is Rayleigh. Other places in the district include Hockley, Ashingdon, Great Wakering, Canewdon and Hullbridge .

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   Where did Rochford get its name?

   • The town is the main settlement in the Rochford district, and takes its name from Rochefort, Old English for "Ford of the Hunting Dogs". The town runs into suburban developments in the parishes of Ashingdon and Hawkwell. Kings Hill, in Rochford, was notable for containing the Lawless Court up until the 19th century.

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   Was Rochford a Roman town?

   • These peoples left no evidence as to where their settlements actually were though. The remains of a Roman building were found in 1837 when the Rochford Union Workhouse was built, but the excavation was not recorded. It is likely to have been a villa or other rural building as there is no evidence for a Roman town here.

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   What does Rochford mean?

   • Ræcc pronounced “Rach” (a short ‘a’ as in rash). This meant a setter which was a type of dog which hunts by scent. So Rochford means ford of the hunting dog (s). It probably got changed to Roche Ford by the Norman French clerics who were the first to record it in the Domesday book.

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   A quaint English market town with a long history, including smugglers, coaching inns, Anne Boleyn and the Peculiar People.