Romford (GB)

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Romford is a large town in East London and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Havering. It is located 14.1 miles northeast of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. Historically, Romford was a market town in the county of Essex.

Romford is first recorded in 1177 as Romfort, which is formed from Old English 'rūm' and 'ford' and means "the wide or spacious ford". The naming of the River Rom is a local 'back-formation' from the name of the town; and the river is elsewhere known as the Beam. The ford most likely existed on the main London to Colchester road where it crossed that river.

The development of the town was accelerated by the opening of the railway station in 1839 which stimulated the local economy and was key to the development of the Star Brewery. Initially Eastern Counties Railway services operated between Mile End and Romford, with extensions to Brentwood and to Shoreditch in 1840. A second station was opened on South Street in 1892 by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway on the line to Upminster and Grays, giving Romford a rail connection to Tilbury Docks. The two stations were combined into one in 1934.

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Romford was issued with the 668 Post Office Numerla in 1844.

Romford

Sub Offices

Brentwood Road

Hare Street

Closed before 1919. Now called Hare hill Lane.

High Street

Opened c.1919

London Road

Closed before 1919

Margaret Road

Closed before 1919

Market place

Mawneys

Opened c.1919

Rush Green

Closed before 1919

Shaftesbury Road

Opened c.1919

Squirrels Heath

Closed before 1919

Station Road

Current Office.

Victoria Road

Romford Station Office

ROMFORD Square Circle possibly issued to the Station Office 1909