Buttsbury is a parish on the road from Chelmsford, to Billericay, 3 miles south east from Ingatestone station, 3 north from Billericay and 5 south […]
Month: June 2025
Billericay High street in 1937 plus Billericay High street in 2025 accessibility information.
This is Billericay High street in 1937 with mentions of pubs through the years, and current 2025 shops and restaurants, plus my rant about accessibility.
Researching the history of Billericay
Where do I start with how to research the history of Billericay? Well, the first thing is to live in Billericay itself. I actually moved […]
Billericay 1917 directory
Billericay is a small town and head of a union, on an eminence at the junction of the road from London to Rochford and Southend, […]
Stock 1937 directory
Stock, or Stock Harvard, is a parish and pleasant village on the summit of a range of hills, on the road from Chelmsford to Billericay, […]
Great Burstead 1912
Great Burstead or Burghstead, , is a pleasant village and parish on the road from Billericay to Tilbury, 1.5 miles south of Billericay Station 0n […]
Little Burstead 1848
Billericay Union comprises the 26 parishes of Basseldon, North and South Benfleet. Bowers Gifford, Brentwood, Great and Little Burstead, Childerditch, Downham, Dunton, East and West […]
Billericay 1911 census summary – district 6
The 1911 census is also summarised and can be useful in tracing the route of the enumerator: Here is District 6 which lists the entirety […]
Billericay 1871 directory
Billericay is a small decayed market town and head of a union, and a polling place for the Southern division of the County, a separate […]
Billericay 1937 directory
Billericay is a small town on an eminence at the junction of the road from London to Rochford and Southend, with that from Chelmsford to […]