Romford

Romford is a place in East London. It is the principal town of the London Borough of Havering and is 14.1 miles (22.7 km) east north-east of Charing Cross.

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Romford has been a market town since 1247, and it holds the exclusive right to hold markets over an area of radius "six and two thirds miles" centred on Romford, a right granted in medi?val times but successfully used to prevent nearby Ilford from opening a market as recently as the 1990s. Romford shopping centre grew up around the original marketplace, on the line of the old Roman road from London to Colchester.

East London: :This article is about the city in South Africa. For the area of London, United Kingdom, see East London, England....

London Borough of Havering: The London Borough of Havering is a London borough in East London....

Charing Cross: The name Charing Cross, now given to a district of central London in the City of Westminster, comes from the original hamlet of Charing, where King Edward I placed a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile....