Hacton

{{infobox UK place

| country = England

| region = London

| official_name = Hacton

| coordinates = {{coord|51.544018|0.231187|display=inline,title}}

| london_borough = Havering

| postcode_area = RM

| postcode_district = RM14

| post_town = UPMINSTER

| dial_code = 01708

| constituency_westminster = Hornchurch and Upminster

| static_image_name = Hacton pub (24015539138).jpg

| static_image_caption = A pub in Hacton

| population =

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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).

History

It was historically a hamlet in the ancient parish of Upminster{{cite book | url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42829 | title=Upminster: Introduction and manors, A History of the County of Essex: Volume 7 | series= Victoria County History | publisher=British History Online | author=Powell, W.R. (Edr.) | year=1978 | access-date=6 February 2010}} 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.{{ cite book | last=Mills | first=D. | title=Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names | year=2000 | publisher=Oxford}}

References

Category:Areas of London

Category:Districts of the London Borough of Havering