Romford, an old market-town of Essex, on the Bourne or Rom, 12 m. NE. of London; noted for its cattle and corn markets; industries include brewing, market-gardening, foundries, &c.
Population (circa 1900) given as 8,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Rome * Romilly, Sir Samuel