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{{infobox UK place
|country                  = England
|region                   = London <!-- PLEASE GO TO THE TALKPAGE BEFORE CHANGING THIS TO ESSEX. -->
|official_name            = Romford
|london_borough           = Havering
|postcode_area            = RM
|postcode_district        = RM1-RM7
|post_town                = ROMFORD
|dial_code                = [[01708]]
|os_grid_reference        = TQ510887
|coordinates              = {{coord|51.5768|0.1801|display=inline,title}}
|constituency_westminster = [[Romford (UK Parliament constituency)|Romford]]
|constituency_westminster1 = [[Hornchurch and Upminster (UK Parliament constituency)|Hornchurch and Upminster]]
|static_image_name        = Havering town hall london.jpg
|static_image_caption     = Havering Town Hall on Main Road
|population               = 82,942
|population_ref           = (2011)<ref>Six wards make up the Romford and North Romford area committees as well as Gidea Park http://www.ukcensusdata.com/havering-e09000016</ref>
|charingX_distance_mi     = 14.1
|charingX_direction       = SW
}}
'''Romford''' is a town in east London. It is in the [[London Borough of Havering]], [[England]]. It was first recorded as a town in [[1153]] in the ''Red Book of the Exchequer''. The name "Romford" means "wide ford". The stream that flows through it was only later called "the Rom River" after the town. 

In [[medieval]] times, this town was granted the right to have the only [[market]] for 6 2/3 miles around. This rule was used in the 1990s to stop a nearby town, [[Ilford]], from opening a market nearby.{{fact|date=July 2010}}. Romford had a brewery which now is an entertainment venue.

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[[Category:Towns in London]]
[[Category:London Borough of Havering]]


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