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Map of Romford and its environs 15 mile radius map for Romford. The town centre is about 50 feet (15 m) above sea level on a gravel terrace rising from the River Thames. [15] The north of the town has developed on London Clay and is situated as much as 150 ft (46 m) above sea level. A continuous gentle rise in the eastern suburbs towards Gidea ...
Romford Rural District was a local government district in southwest Essex, England from 1894 to 1934. It surrounded, but did not include, Romford which formed a separate urban district. [ 1 ] During the life of the district the area changed in use from rural farm land to sprawling London suburb and in 1926 much of it was removed to form new ...
The River Rom, also known as the River Beam below its confluence with the Ravensbourne [n 1], is a tributary of the River Thames in England that flows through the east London suburbs around Romford before joining the Thames at Dagenham. Part of the river forms a section of the boundary between the London boroughs of Barking and Dagenham and ...
Map of the former T-junction in about 1880. [ 1 ] During the 18th century, Gallows Corner was a copse-sided part of the road and, approachable by meagre path only from the south or various small lanes in other directions, a favourite spot for waylaying coaches.
King's Wood School was a secondary school in Harold Hill near Romford, London Borough of Havering, England.It was a mixed school of non-denominational religion. The School's last Headteacher was Mrs Marian Spinks, who had been the Headteacher since January 2008, returning from a secondment as Senior Inspector (Performance) with Havering Inspection and Advisory Service.
Romford was a local government district in southwest Essex from 1851 to 1965 around the town of Romford. [2] It was significantly expanded in 1934 and gained the status of municipal borough in 1937. The population density of the district consistently increased during its existence [ 1 ] and its former area now corresponds to the northern part ...
Romford Garden Suburb (otherwise known as the Gidea Park Exhibition Estate), is a late-Edwardian housing development in Gidea Park, in the London Borough of Havering.The object of the new suburb, which was built on land belonging to Gidea Hall, then occupied by the Liberal politician Herbert Raphael, was, according to his parliamentary colleague John Burns, to "provide families with a well ...
In 1929, the Romford F.C. club was re-established and they took over the use of the Brooklands Stadium, joining the London League. [5] By 1975, the club had developed Brooklands considerably in anticipation of eventually being elected to the Football League and had large debts to show for it, and had to sell Brooklands in 1975 but remained there until 1977.