A Cycle Route – And Some Local History

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If you fancy tackling a good cycling route, have a look at this one on the Bikely website from Shoeburyness to Hanningfield Reservoir – 63 miles round trip.

Not only does the website give you a good map, it also gives you snippets of local history for different points on the route. For example:

Rochford is a small town in the Rochford district of Essex in the East of England. The town is the main settlement in the Rochford district, and takes its name from Rochefort, Old English for Ford of the Hunting Dogs. The River Roach was originally called the Walfleet (Creek of the foreigners). It was renamed the Roach in what is known as a back formation. This is where it is assumed that Rochford means ford over the River Roach so they renamed the river to fit the theory. The town runs into suburban developments in the parishes of Ashingdon and Hawkwell. Kings Hill, in Rochford, was notable for containing the Lawless Court up until the 19th century.

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