Chafford Hundred
Statistics
Population:	5,000 (est. March 2003)
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	TQ595795
Administration
District:	Thurrock
Region:	East of England
Constituent country:	England
Sovereign state:	United Kingdom
Other
Ceremonial county:	Essex
Historic county:	Essex
Services
Police force:	Essex Police
Ambulance service:	East of England
Post office and telephone
Post town:	GRAYS
Postal district:	RM16
Dialling code:	01375
Politics
UK Parliament:	Thurrock
European Parliament:	East of England

Chafford Hundred is a recent UK housing development (building began in 1989) just outside Greater London between Grays and Ockendon in the Borough of Thurrock. It is immediately adjacent to Lakeside Shopping Centre and West Thurrock. Chafford Hundred railway station serves the local area. March 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → // Events March 1, 2003 Iraq disarmament crisis: The Turkish speaker of Parliament voids the vote accepting U.S. troops involved in the planned invasion of Iraq into Turkey on constitutional grounds. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ... Thurrock is a unitary authority in England. ... The region, also known as Government Office Region, is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity of England in the United Kingdom. ... The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England. ... Constituent country is an official term used to describe three of the four principal component parts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK): England; Scotland; Wales. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ... The historic counties of England are ancient subdivisions of England. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ... There are a number of policing agencies in the United Kingdom. ... Essex Police is a Home Office (territorial) police force with responsibility for policing the county of Essex in south east England. ... This is a list of ambulance services in the United Kingdom: Ambulance services in England, after July 1, 2006 are A few deviations from the above have been made for operational reasons. ... The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the authority responsible for providing NHS ambulance services in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Luton, Norfolk, Peterborough, Southend-on-Sea, Suffolk and Thurrock, in the East of England region. ... A post town is a required part of all UK postal addresses. ... UK postal codes are known as postcodes. ... RM16 is the postcode for Chafford Hundred in the borough of Thurrock. ... The UK telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Numbering Plan, is regulated by the Office of Communications (Ofcom), which replaced the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) in 2003. ... The United Kingdom House of Commons is made up of Members of Parliament (MPs). ... Thurrock is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Sign in the entrance of the European Parliament building in Brussels, written in all the official languages used in the European Union as of July 2006 The European Parliament building in Strasbourg The inside of the Strasbourg building The European Parliament building in Brussels The European Parliament (formerly European Parliamentary... East of England is a constituency of the European Parliament. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Greater London is the top level administrative subdivision covering London, England. ... For discussion of the race of extraterrestrial aliens, see Greys. ... Ockendon is the name of two nearby places, respectively in and near London. ... Thurrock is a unitary authority in England. ... Lakeside Shopping Centre exterior The Lakeside Shopping Centre is a large out-of-town shopping mall located in West Thurrock in the borough of Thurrock, just beyond the eastern boundary of Greater London. ... West Thurrock is a place in the borough of Thurrock in England. ... Chafford Hundred railway station is located in Chafford Hundred in the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. ...

A hundred is a historical subdivision used in England. Chafford Hundred in its original form covered a much larger area than the modern day development including the parishes of Aveley, Brentwood, Childerditch, Cranham, Grays Thurrock, Little Warley, North Ockendon, Rainham, South Ockendon, South Weald, Stifford, Upminster, Wennington and West Thurrock. The use of the hundred decreased throughout the 19th century. A hundred is an administrative division which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller geographical units. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq... Aveley is a place in Thurrock, England. ... Brentwood is a town and the principal settlement of the Brentwood borough of Essex, England. ... Childerditch is a village in south Essex. ... Cranham is a place in the London Borough of Havering. ... Location within the British Isles Grays is the largest town in the borough of Thurrock to the east of London. ... Little Warley is a hamlet in south Essex. ... North Ockendon is a place in Greater London, England in the London Borough of Havering. ... Rainham is a place in the London Borough of Havering in East London. ... South Ockendon is a place in Thurrock in England. ... Upminster is a place in the London Borough of Havering. ... Wennington is a place in the London Borough of Havering in England. ... West Thurrock is a place in the borough of Thurrock in England. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The county's speedway team can be found nearby at Arena Essex, next to Thurrock Lakeside along the A1306. Here the top speedway riders from around the world can be seen racing weekly from March to October. Speedway has multiple meanings: An alternative name for a race track Speedway, Indiana, home of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway The gas station chain Speedway SuperAmerica Motorcycle speedway, a form of motorcycle racing The name of a |Scottish pop rock group who hit the UK charts in 2003. ...