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Romford is first recorded in 1177 as Romfort, which is formed from Old
English 'rūm' and 'ford' and means "the wide or spacious ford". Romford is a
large suburban town in northeast London,[2] England and the administrative
headquarters of the London Borough of Havering. Romford forms part of the
Havering and Redbridge London Assembly constituency and the London European
Parliament constituency. Romford is recognised in the London Plan as one of
eleven regionally significant metropolitan centres in Greater London, with a
considerable catchment area. Romford's position as a focus for electronic
music production was reinforced by the presence of the Strictly Underground
and Suburban Base record labels, with Suburban Base developing from the
Boogie Times record store. Romford is a market town situated in the old
county of Essex, but now administered as part of the London Borough of
Havering. Romford Shopping Hall has just been re-built into a
state-of-the-art market hall, designed by top retail designers from Portland
design. Romford is a highly successful retail town, with three major shopping
centres orientated towards the national retail chains. [5] Good road links
and the opening of the railway station in 1839 were key to the development of
the town[4] and the economic history of Romford is underpinned by a shift
from agriculture to light industry and more recently to retail and commerce.
[4] As part of the suburban growth of London in the 20th century, Romford
significantly expanded and increased in population,[6] becoming a municipal
borough in 1937[7] and has formed part of Greater London since 1965. The town
developed in the Middle Ages on the main road to London and the regionally
significant Romford Market was established in 1247. The Local Government Act
1894 reformed local government and created the Romford Urban District and
Romford Rural District to replace the local board and sanitary district; and
the Romford parish was split into Romford Urban and Romford Rural along the
lines of the urban district. [15] Following the Telegraph Act 1899 Romford
became part of the Post Office London telephone area[19] and the Romford
exchange was recorded as having 240 subscribers in 1916. [1] The railway cuts
through the town from east to west on a viaduct, with the bulk of the central
Romford area to its north. [29] Romford has formed part of the continuously
built-up area of London since the 1930s[30] and is contiguous with Rush Green
to the west, Collier Row to the north, Gidea Park to the east and Hornchurch
to the south east.