RAINHAM, a village and a parish in Romford district, Essex. The village stands on Ingerbury brook, 1¼mile from its influx to the Thames, and on the London and Southend railway, 5 miles E S E of Barking; forms a considerable street; and has a station on the railway, a post-office† under Romford, a bridge over the Ingerbury, and a quay at the brook's mouth. The parish comprises 3, 197 acres of land and 115 of water. Real property, £8,095. Pop., 924. Houses, 172. The property is divided among a few. R. Hall is the seat of Mrs. Irish. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £412.* Patron, H. G. Crosse, Esq. The church is old, and has a Norman arch. There are a national school, and charities £10.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))