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.
Year: 2025
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 […]
Little Burstead 1937
Little Burstead or Burghstead, is a parish near the source of the river Crouch, 2 miles south west from Billericay station, on the Southend on […]