Royal Liberty of Havering

Havering
Havering-atte-Bower
Area
 • 183112,550 acres (50.8 km2)
 • 189212,550 acres (50.8 km2)
Population
 • 18316,812
History
 • OriginHornchurch parish in the Becontree Hundred of Essex
 • Created12th century
 • Abolished1 July 1892
 • Succeeded byReincorporated with Essex
StatusRoyal manor (11th century–1828)
Liberty (1465–1892)
GovernmentHavering Quarter Sessions
 • HQCourt House, Market Place, Romford

Seal of Havering
Subdivisions
 • TypeChapelries (later became parishes)
 • Units
  1. Romford
  2. Havering atte Bower
  3. Hornchurch
Havering liberty in 1881
Three parishes of the liberty in 1881

Havering, also known as Havering-atte-Bower, was a royal manor and ancient liberty whose area now forms part of, and gives its name to, the London Borough of Havering in Greater London. The manor was in the possession of the Crown from the 11th to the 19th centuries and was the location of Havering Palace from the 13th to the late 17th century.[1] It occupied the same area as the ancient parish of Hornchurch which was divided into the three chapelries of Havering, Hornchurch and Romford.

  1. ^ "The liberty of Havering-atte-Bower". A History of the County of Essex: Volume 7. 1978. Retrieved 21 March 2008.