Hornchurch, Essex, is not technically in Essex, but is in an outer London borough.

The village, large and busy-looking, extends north towards Butt's Green, as well as along the road. It has a good-sized brewery (Woodfine's), a well-known steam engine and agricultural implement factory (Wedlake's), large tile and drainpipe works, and other establishments; but in the main the business is agricultural, and all around are extensive farms.

The Church, St. Andrew, has horns on the gable of the church, which are commonly supposed to symbolize the name.