Romford had formed a chapelry in the historic Liberty of Havering, becoming a civil parish in its own right in 1849.

[3] The local board convened at St Edward's Hall in Laurie Square from 1851 to 1853 and used the old liberty court house from 1853 to 1869.

From 1869 it was based in offices in the marketplace and finally purchased the old court house in 1892.

[4] The urban district council continued to meet at the old court house until it was demolished in 1933.

The Romford urban district was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1937 and the council moved to a new town hall on Main Road (formerly Hare Street).