English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Rochford Hundred

Hundred in the County of Essex

Historical Forms

  • Rokesford 1085–9 WDB
  • Rochesfort 1086 DB
  • Rochesford 1180 P
  • Rochefort 1086 DB
  • Rocheford 1172,1181 P 1219 Fees 1238 SR 1274 FF
  • Rochefford 1303 FA
  • Rac(c)h(e)ford t.Hy3 Ipm 1452 MinAcct
  • Rochefolde 1545 LP

Etymology

For the name v. infra 196.