RVW usually named tunes from the places where the people who sang them to him lived (or where he met them), not where he lived himself. Kingsfold, for instance, was where Mr Brooker lived. On 23 December 1904 RVW noted a variant of the old 'Dives and Lazarus' tune from him; he sang the murder-ballad 'Maria Martin' to it.

By the same token, Herongate (in the borough of Brentwood, Essex) is a place where RVW got a fair few songs, from three singers in all. None that I have seen exactly match the hymn book tune; I think that in this case we may have a tune "epitomised" from two similar variants: one from Mr Broomfield, a woodcutter, and the other from an unidentified maid at nearby Ingrave Rectory; she came originally from Chigwell. Mr Broomfield sang a version of 'Died for Love' to his tune, and the unknown maid sang 'In Jessie's City', which shares floating verses with it but belongs to the 'Sheffield Park' / 'Butcher Boy' side of the family. Both were printed in The Journal of the Folk-Song Society, II (8) 1906, 158-9.

RVW met up with Mr Broomfield on four occasions; variously at the Dog at East Horndon, and the Cricketers Inn at Herongate. He got 'Died for Love' from him there on 22 April 1904. RVW indicated that Mr Broomfield actually lived at West Horndon, adding: "Mr Broomfield is well known as a singer and has been known to go on for hours when well primed". In view of the recent thread traditional singers: beards, & guinness, it's also worth noting that he sang with his eyes tight shut, and generally spoke the final line of each song.

(Ref. Michael Kennedy, The Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams, appendix Two, 'Folk Songs collected by Vaughan Williams', 649-651.)