Billericay history and accessibility
East Horndon 1848 Whites directoryHORNDON, ( EAST) a fertile and picturesque parish on the east side of the extensive park of Thorndon Hall, includes the pretty village of HERONGATE, which has many neat houses on the high road to Tilbury Ferry, from 2 to 4 miles S.E. of Brentwood. It had 529 inhabitants in 1842, … Read more
Fobbing 1848 Whites directoryFOBBING, a compact village of one street on a bold acclivity, overlooking the marshes and the Thames, is nearly two miles N. of that river, 3 miles E. of Horndon-on-the- Hill, and 7 miles S. by E. Billericay. Its parish contains 428 inhabitants, and 2632A. 3R. 38P. of land, mostly in low … Read more
Dunton 1848 Whites directoryDUNTON, or Dunton Waylett, a small pleasant village on elevated ground, 5 miles S.S.E. of Brentwood, and S.S.W. of Billericay, has in its parish 194 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 … Read more
Downham 1848 Whites directoryDOWNHAM, a parish of scattered houses on the north side of this Hundred, 4 miles E. by W. of Billericay, has 254 souls, and 2152 acres of land , rising in bold undulations, and mostly belonging to R. B. Berens and E. R. Benyon, Esqrs. It is not named in Domesday Book, … Read more
Doddinghurst 1848 Whites directoryDODDINGHURST, 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 419 souls, and 1892 acres of land, including Eaton street and Fox Hatch, and … Read more
Corringham 1848 Whites directoryCORRINGHAM, a small scattered village, about 1½ mile N. of the Thames, and 11 miles S.S.W. of Brentwood, has in its parish 255 souls, and 2856 acres of land, including a large tract of low marshes, intersected by several creeks of the Thames, one of which is the proposed site of Thames … Read more
Chadwell St Mary 1848 Whites directoryCHADWELL ST. MARY, a small scattered village, about 2 miles E. of Grays Thurrock and S. of Orsett, has in its parish 236 souls and 1753 acres of land, extending southward to the Thames, and including part of Tilbury Fort. The soil is generally deep and heavy, and the lands … Read more
Little Burstead 1848 Whites directoryBURSTEAD, (LITTLE) or Little Burghsted, is a small scattered village and parish, from 1 to 2½ miles S.S.W. of Billericay, and contains 170 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 … Read more
Bulphan 1848 Whites directoryBULPHAN, or Bulfan, is a pleasant village and parish, 3 miles N.W. of Horndon on the Hill, and 7 miles S. by E. of Brentwood, containing 254 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 … Read more
Bowers Gifford 1848 Whites directoryBOWERS GIFFORD, or Bures Gifford, a small village, 4 miles W.S.W. of Rayleigh, has in its parish 249 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 … Read more