HORNCHURCH, a parish within the liberty of
HAVERING-atte-BOWER, county of ESSEX, 14 miles
(E. N. E.) from London, containing . 1938 inhabitants.
The living is a vicarage not in charge, in the jurisdic-.
tion of the peculiar court of Hornchurch and Havering
atte Bower, and in the patronage of the Warden and
Fellows of New College, Oxford. The church is dedicated
to St. Andrew. Here is a small endowment for
the instruction of children. An iron-foundry has been
recently established; and a considerable quantity of
bricks is made here. A priory, dedicated to St. Nicholas,
and St. Bernard, a cell to the hospital of Monte Jovis
in Savoy, was founded here about the reign of Henry II.,
and was purchased in that of Richard II., by William
of Wickham, for his foundation of New College, Oxford.
This parish extends from the great London road between
Romford and Brentwood on the north, to the Thames
on the south.