Rochford, Worcestershire

Rochford
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Rochford is located in Worcestershire
Rochford
Rochford
Location within Worcestershire
Population228 
OS grid referenceSO629684
• London144mi
Civil parish
  • Rochford
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTENBURY WELLS
Postcode districtWR15
Dialling code01299
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Worcestershire
52°18′45″N 2°32′43″W / 52.312478°N 2.545216°W / 52.312478; -2.545216

Rochford consists of two hamlets, Lower and Upper Rochford. A civil parish in the Malvern Hills District near Tenbury Wells, in the county of Worcestershire, England, Rochford is 18 miles (29 km) NW of Worcester. The River Teme, which rises in Wales, flows past Lower Rochford and joins the River Severn in Worcester. The chapelry of Rochford was an exclave of Herefordshire, part of the hundred of Wolphy. It was transferred by the Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844 to Worcestershire.[1]

  1. ^ "Tenbury Registration District/". www.ukbmd.org.uk/. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.