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ROMFORD , a See also:market See also:town in the Romford See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Essex, See also:England; on the small See also:river Rom, which flows into the See also:Thames; 121 M. E.N.E. from See also:London by the See also:Great Eastern railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 13,656. The See also:ancient See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Edward the See also:Confessor was replaced in 185o by a structure in Decorated See also:style. There is a large brewery in the town, and extensive market gardens in the neighbourhood. A See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant of a market was obtained in 1247, and this is still of importance as regards both See also:cattle and See also:corn. Romford was included in the See also:liberty of Havering-atte-See also:Bower, which until 1892 had a See also:jurisdiction of its own distinct from that of the See also:county, with a high steward, magistrates, clerk of the See also:peace, See also:coroner and See also:quarter sessions. The name of Bower was derived from a See also:queen's See also:residence attached to the ancient royal See also:hunting-See also:lodge in the vicinity.
The fact that Romford (See also:Rumford, Rompford) lies on the high road between See also:Colchester and London has determined its See also:history. See also:Bronze implements have been found here, but no See also:notice of Romford occurs till the 12th See also:century. It was included in the liberty of Havering, and the See also:chief business of the liberty was conducted there. But the See also:corporation which is mentioned in See also:medieval records is not that of the town of Rom-See also:ford, but of the liberty of Havering. Romford has only had a See also:separate constitution since a See also:local See also:board of See also:health was formed in 1894, under the See also:act of 1875, after the abolition of the liberty in 1892. In the See also:middle ages Romford was rather a See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting-See also:place for merchants than an See also:industrial centre. See also:Brewing, however, is mentioned in 1331, and one See also:tanner at least carried on business in See also:Hare See also:Street in 1467.
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