Billericay history and accessibility
Bobbingworth 1848 Whites directory BOBBINGWORTH, a pleasant retired village, surrounding a green, 5 miles N.E. by E. of Epping, and 2 miles N. by W. of Chipping Ongar, has in its parish 357 inhabitants, and 1628 acres of fertile land, rising in bold undulations on the west side of the Cripsey brook, which flows southward … Read more
Ongar Hundred 1848 Whites Directory – parishes in this Hundred ONGAR HUNDREDIs of an irregular oval figure, about 16 miles in length, from north to south, and varying from 8 to 5 miles in breadth. It is bounded by the Hundreds of Waltham and Harlow, on the west ; Dunmow on the north ; Dunmow, … Read more
Little Wakering 1848 Whites directory WAKERING ( LITTLE, ) is a village and parish, on the north side of Great Wakering Vakering , 4 miles E. by S. of Rochford, at the head of a navigable creek, which communicates with the sea, Broomhill river, and the Islands of Potton, Havengore, &c. In the island creeks … Read more
Great Wakering 1848 Whites directory WAKERING ( GREAT) is a large village, pleasantly situated on rising ground above the marshes, one mile from the sea shore, 5 miles E.S.E. of Rochford, and 4 miles E.N.E. of Southend. Its parish contains 860 souls, and 2755 acres of land, including the small Islands of Great Potton and … Read more
Little Stambridge 1848 Whites directory STAMBRIDGE ( LITTLE) is a small village and parish, 1 mile N.N.E. of Rochford, containing only 126 souls and 780 acres of land, and having a large brewery. James Tabor, Esq. , is lord of the manor, which was anciently appropriated to the monks of Holy Trinity, in Canterbury, and … Read more
Great Stambridge 1848 Whites directory STAMBRIDGE, (GREAT) a village on the north side of the navigable river Broomhill, 1½ mile E. by N. of Rochford, has in its parish 431 souls, and 2553 acres of land, including a portion of Wallasea Island, detached at the distance of four miles to the east. The manor was … Read more
Southchurch 1848 Whites directory SOUTHCHURCH is a pleasant village, about a mile N.E. of Southend, and 4 miles S.S.E. of Rochford, on a declivity overlooking the estuary of the Thames. Its parish contains 432 inhabitants, and 1825 acres of land, extending southward to the flat shore of the estuary between Shoebury and Southend. Before 824, … Read more
SHOEBURY (SOUTH) is a small village and parish, on Shoebury Ness, which juts to a point in the ocean at the mouth of the Thames, 6 miles S.E. of Rochford, and 44 miles E. of London. It contains only 164 souls, and 987 acres ofland; but was formerly much larger, and is said to have … Read more
North Shoebury 1848 Whites directory SHOEBURY , ( NORTH) is a small pleasant village, about a mile from the sea shore, and the mouth of the Thames, and 4 miles S.E. by E. of Rochford, has in its parish 202 souls and 1086 acres of land, extending to the beach. It is in two manors, … Read more
Rochford 1848 Whites Directory ROCHFORD, a small ancient market town and polling place, gives name to the Hundred and Union of Rochford, in which it holds a central situation, on the river Broomhill, crossed by two small bridges, 4 miles N. by W. of Southend, 17 miles S.E. of Chelmsford, and 40 miles E. by … Read more