Hacton

Hacton
A pub in Hacton
Hacton Location within Greater London
London borough	Havering
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	UPMINSTER
Postcode district	RM14
Dialling code	01708

Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London

UK Parliament	Hornchurch and Upminster
London Assembly	Havering and Redbridge
List of places UK England London 51°32′38″N 0°13′52″E / 51.544018°N 0.231187°E / 51.544018; 0.231187

Hacton is a small dispersed settlement in Greater London, England, located within the London Borough of Havering and in East London, and beyond London urban sprawl. Surrounded by the Metropolitan Green Belt, located in the countryside between two London suburban towns (Upminster and Rainham).

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History

It was historically a hamlet in the ancient parish of Upminster^[1] and is within the Upminster post town. The name means 'farmstead on a hook-shaped piece of land', referring to an area adjacent to the River Ingrebourne.^[2]

References

^ Powell, W.R. (Edr.) (1978). Upminster: Introduction and manors, A History of the County of Essex: Volume 7. Victoria County History. British History Online. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
^ Mills, D. (2000). Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names. Oxford.

v t e London Borough of Havering
Districts	Ardleigh Green Beam Park Chase Cross Coldharbour Collier Row Cranham Elm Park Emerson Park Frog Island Gallows Corner Gidea Park Hacton Harold Hill Harold Park Harold Wood Havering-atte-Bower Heath Park Hornchurch Hornchurch Marshes Noak Hill North Ockendon Rainham Rise Park Romford Rush Green South Hornchurch Upminster Upminster Bridge Wennington
Attractions	Bretons CEME The Diver Havering Museum Langtons Queen's Theatre Rainham Hall Rainham War Memorial The Rom Tithe Barn Museum Upminster Windmill
Major retail	The Brewery The Liberty The Mercury Romford Market
Places of worship	St Andrew, Hornchurch St Edward the Confessor, Romford St Helen and St Giles, Rainham St John the Evangelist, Havering-atte-Bower St John, South Hornchurch St Laurence, Upminster St Mary Magdalene, North Ockendon
Parks and open spaces	Bedfords Park Cranham Brickfields Cranham Marsh Dagnam Park Hainault Forest Harrow Lodge Park Havering Country Park Haynes Park Hornchurch Country Park Hylands Park Ingrebourne Marshes Ingrebourne Valley Lodge Farm Park Pages Wood Pyrgo Park Rainham Marshes Nature Reserve Raphael Park St Andrew's Park Tylers Common Weald Brook Wildspace Conservation Park
Constituencies	Dagenham and Rainham (part) Hornchurch and Upminster Romford
Tube and rail stations	Elm Park Emerson Park Gidea Park Harold Wood Hornchurch Rainham Romford Upminster Upminster Bridge
Other topics	Council Grade I and II* listed buildings People Public art Public transport Schools
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