Billericay history and accessibility
DUNTON, or Dunton Waylett, a small pleasant village on elevated ground, 5½ miles S.S.E. of Brentwood, and S.S.W. of Billericay,has in its parish 173 souls, and 2338 acres of land, including part of Laindon Hills. Ulwin, a priest, held it in the Confessor’s reign,and at the Domesday Survey, it belonged mostly to Odo, Bishop of … Read more
DOWNHAM, a parish of scattered houses on the north side of this Hundred, 4½ miles E. by W. of Billericay, has 247 souls, and 2152 acres of land, rising in bold undulations. It is not named in Domesday Book, and is now in three manors, viz.:-Downham Hall and Berne Hall, belonging to R. B. Berens, … Read more
DODDINGHURST, a pleasant but straggling village and parish, at the north-west extremity of this hundred, and in Ongar Union, is from 3 to 4 miles N. by W. of Brentwood, and 5 miles W. of Ingatestone. It contains about 400 souls, and 1892 acres of land, including Fox Hatch, and giving rise to one of … Read more
CORRINGHAM, a small scattered village, about 1 mile N. of the Thames, and 11 miles S.S.W. of Brentwood, has in its parish 229 souls, and 2856 acres of land, including a large tract of low marshes, intersected by several creeks of the Thames. Sigar, a freeman, held the parish in the Confessor’s reign, but it … Read more
BILLERICAY, a small market town and chapelry, in the parish ofGreat Burstead, has 1533 inhabitants, and is pleasantly situated on a commanding eminence, 24 miles E.N.E. of London, 10 miles S. of Chelmsford, and 5 miles E. of Brentwood Railway Station.It gives name to a large Union, and to a Polling District, comprising most of … Read more
BURSTEAD, (GREAT) or Great Burghsted, is a pleasant scattered village, near the head of the river Crouch, from 1 to 2 miles S.S.E. of Billericay, and has 722 inhabitants, but its parish comprises 2255 souls, and 3620 acres, of which about one half of the land, and 1533 souls, are in the town and chapelry … Read more
BURSTEAD, (LITTLE) or Little Burghsted, is a small scattered village and parish, from 1½ to 2½ miles S.S.W. of Billericay, and contains 186 souls, and 1830 acres of land, giving rise to two sources of the river Crouch. Earl Godwin was lord of the manor in the Confessor’s reign, and at Domesday Survey it was … Read more
BULPHAN, or Bulvan, is a village and parish, 3 miles N.W. of Horndon-on-the-Hill, and 7 miles S. by E. of Brentwood, containing 268 inhabitants, and 1651 acres of land, descending westward to a rivulet, where it has some low land, called Bulphan Fen.Barking Abbey held the manor till the dissolution, after which it was given … Read more
BOWERS GIFFORD, or Bures Gifford, a small village, 4 miles W.S.W. of Rayleigh, has in its parish 283 souls, and 2606 acres of land, partly in low marshes, extending southward to South Benfleet creek, and including part of Canvey Island. Before the Conquest, it belonged to Westminster Abbey, but at Domesday Survey it was held … Read more
CANVEY ISLAND is divided among eight parishes, and has about 110 inhabitants and about 3600 acres of grazing land, on which cattle and sheep are fattened. This marshy island is in the estuary of the river Thames, opposite South Benfleet, Hadleigh, and the port of Leigh, and is separated from the main land by Had- … Read more