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 the ferry over the Thames at Tilbury, 5 miles east from Brentwood, 9 south from Chelmsford and 23 from Whitechapel church, and was formed into a separate ecclesiastical parish 14 Sept 1844, but for civil purposes is within the parish of Great Burstead.
By the Essex Review Order 1934, part of this civil parish was transferred to the urban district of Brentwood.
The London and North Eastern Railway Company has a station at the lower end of the town, on their branch line from Shenfield, opened January 1st 1889, which proceeds via Wickford to Maldon, Burnham and Southminster, and also through Rayleigh and Rochford to Southend. The town is lighted with gas and electricity.
The church of St Mary Magdalene is a plain rectangular edifice of brick, consisting of nave and a western tower, the only part of the old church now remaining, and containg one bell and and an illuminated clock, provided in 1897: the tower was restored in 1880, and in the same year, a stained glass window was erected as a memorial to William Carter esq, and his wife, by their children: the church was further restored in 1930; and now affords 400 sittings. The register dates from the year 1844; all earlier entries referring to this place will be found in the registers of Great Burstead.
The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the Bishop of Chelmsford, and held since 1918 by the Rev Walter Sydney Smith, AKCL, who is a surrogate.
There is a Baptist chapel and a Congregational chapel, founded in 1672, with 625 sittings; attached to the latter is a manse and a burial ground. The vicarage house was erected in 1924, and adjoining the vicarage is the Archer Memorial hall, erected in 1930 in memory of Miss Archer, late of Little Burstead.
The Roman Catholic Church, was begun in 1917 and completed in 1927; there are 200 sittings. There is a Baptist chapel and a Congregational chapel, founded in 1672, with 625 sittings; attached to the latter is a manse and a burial ground; there is also a small church at Sunnymede, to hold 60, built in 1929.
The Mayflower Hall was erected in 1927, as a memorial to the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed in 1620 in the Mayflower for America; four of them who went on from Billericay, are commemmorated by a tablet in the entrance all.
Lord Petre is lord of the manor. The area is 29,367 acres of land and inland water. The population in 1931 was 27,708.
By the Billericay (Union of Parishes) Order 1936, the parishes comprising the Urban District were united to form the new parish of Billericay, co-extensive with the Urban District.
Private Residents
Allen Noel Harry, Seven Gables, Western road
Alston Norman Walpole, Silvertree, Stock road
Arthur Alfred Stanley, Plas Newydd, Western road
Asplin Mrs, 143 High street
Bailey Ronald, The Ramblers, Chestnut avenue
Banks George Baldwin, Rosslare, Shanklin avenue
Bartlett Harold, Braemar, Lake avenue
Bent-Marshall Harry, 55 High street
Bird Edward, Midwood, Deerbank drive
Board Robert John, Castle house, Tanfield drive
Bolland Bernard Gidfrey Clarke, Little house, Laindon road
Bowesman Reginald, MB, BCh, 102 High street
Bray Henry Fullerton, The Firs, Laindon road
Brewster William, Foxburrows, Deerbank drive
Broad William Gordon, Devonshire house, Western road
Brooks Alfred Basil JP, Gatwick, Bell hill
Castleden Walter Lewis, Norsey Manor, Norsey road
Cater William Alexander, Hill house, Stock road
Catherall Henry Millett, The Chestnuts, Norsey road
Christie James, The Knoll, Perry street
Cole Albert Edward, Lakewood house, lake avenue
Collier William, Stone house, Perry street
Coverdale Misses, 127 High street
Crofts Herbert Ludlow, Deerbank, Deerbank drive
Dowling Blewitt, Wester lodge, London road
Ennals Sidney, Lochnager, Mountnessing road
Evans Mrs Margaret, 101 High street
Fleet Arthur Shearsby, Carrick house, Tye common
Frampton Mrs, Barn lodge, Stock road
Fuller Harry Wardlaw LDS, Bleak house, High street
Gozzet Thoma George, Highways, Laindon road
Griffiths Mrs, 51 High street
Gunter Herbert Charles, MD ChB, The Croft, Norsey road
Hall James Richard, Cable Mount, Bell hill
Harris Joseph Coombe, St Keverne, Shanklin avenue
Higby Walter Victor, MA Oxon, St JOhns, Stock road
Howells J Graham, Alameda, Stock road
Hoysted, Miss, Old Vicaragar house, Chapel street
Iles H W, Cromwell house, Cromwell avenue
Keeble, Richard, Dartmeet, Lake avenue
Le Blanc Claude Willoughby, Ingleside, Western road
Llewellyn Mrs Marian A Emsley, Wakefield avenue
Mann Frederick Martin, Bell house, Bell hill
Maples Mrs Ada, Beechbankm Western road
Mayhew Harry B, Bedford house, Wakefield avenue
Mesenbrink Ralph, Queensland cottage, Mountnessing road
Moore Frank, Lyndhurst, Chapel street
Moore Leonard, Ferndale, Chapel street
Moore Mrs Clarenda, Glenside, Chapel street
Moore Mrs E Hillside, Chapel street
Nevison Thomas Hy Welldeck, Stock road
Oakey Rev leonard George (Congregational), The Manse, Chapel street
Palmer Alfred Emanuel, Arcadia, Stock road
Pepper Frank Stuart, The Chalet, London road
Perry Frederick William, Frierns, Chapel street
Phillips Vernon Chevley, The Oaks, Jacksons lane
Phipps Henry Charles, Sylvan Tryst, Stock road
Robins Mrs, Avenall, Western road
Roche Rev Aloysius (Roman Catholic), Catholic presbytery, Lion lane
Rothon Arthur James, High Gables, Jacksons lane
Rust Ronald H, Bank house, High street
Salter Mrs M, The Doon, Beaufort road
Scott Alfred, Bramble ridge, Jacksons lane
See George Frederick, The Laurels, Laindon road
Shackleton William BA, MD, B Ch Dub, 98 High street
Shiner Lawrence, Dukes hall, Stock road
Smith Rev Walter Sydney AKCl, vicar & surrogate, The Vicarage, laindon road
Sorrell Frank, Shrewsbury house, Stock road
Sparks Reuben James, Wharfdale, Western road
Spinks Charles F, Highlands, Norsey road
Spurling Clifford John, Stoneywood, Norsey road
Spurling Mrs, Lake view, Stock road
Stevens William Ernest, Bariffs, Mountnessing road
Summers Mrs Ethel Amy, Miegunyah, Chestnut avenue
Wells Jose Douglas, OBE, MB, ChB Edin, 22 High street
Williams Frank, Kingsclere, Stock road
Wilson Thomas George, Ridgeways, London road
Wood Albert Edward, The Spinney, Stock road
Commercial
Early closing day, Thursday.
Adams William, draper, 67 High street
Alderslade Louisa Ellen (Mrs), butcher, 80 High street
Almond Charles Edward, poultry farmer, Oaklands, Perry street
Ancient Order of Foresters, Ribens Lodge, 3095, Alfred Seagers, hon sec, 23 High street
Andersen Jn V, nurseryman, Mountnessing road
Andersen Rt, shopkeeper, Mountnessing road
Archer Memorial Hall, Ernest Gentry, caretaker, Laindon road
Ardley Percy, haulage contractor, London road
Arthur William, motor garage, Station garage, Stock road
Attridge Hy, farmer, Norsey farm, Norsey road
Baker Elsie F (Miss), shopkeeper, 1 Western road
Banfield William, fruiterer & greengrocer, 36 & 36a High street
Barclay Christine (Miss), dressmaker, 107 High street
Barclays Bank Ltd (branch), Ronald H Rust, manager, High street
Barnett Hilda (Miss), draper, 122 High street
Bassom Charles, plumber & glazier, 38 High street
Beilby Herbert, poultry farmer, Craggs poultry farm, Stock road
Benson J F, T B Peacock & F C Krailing, auctioneer & valuer, 12 High street
Bent-Lynes Samuel, watch maker, Waratah, Norsey road
Billericay Auction Mart, J F Benson, Norsey road
Billericay Bowling Club, Percy Howard, sec, Wstern road
Billericay Constitutional Club, G C Gardam, sec, Mountnessing road
Billericay Fire Station, Chapel street
Billericay Garage Ltd, London road
Billericay Hunting & Livery Stables, Norsey road
Billericay Infant Welfare Centre, Womens Institute
Billericay Isolation Hospital, Mountnessing road
Billericay Lawn Tennis Club, Percy Howard, sec, Mountnessing road
Billericay Poultry Farm, William Charles Mallett, BSc, proprietor, London road
Billericay Reading & Recreation Room, H T Clark, hon sec, 73 High street
Billericay Times, Arthur Hy Collins, 3 High street
Booker Mrs Emily Jane, grocer & post office, Mountnessing road
Boughtwood Hilda (Miss), boarding house, Mill Haven, Southend road
Bowesman Reginald MBm BCh, BAODub, physian & surgeon, 98 High street
Brentwood Laundry (receiving office), 27 High street
Brigham Eliz Marion (Miss), refreshments, 28 High street
British Bata Shoe Co Ltd, 90 High street
British Legion Billericay Club Ltd, Alfred Sorrell, sec, Western road
Brown Gladys (Mrs), fishmonger, 15 High street
Brown Jn Septimus, assistant highways supervisor, 108 High street
Brown Miss, arts & crafts, 82 High street
Burgess Brothers, builders, The Bungalow, off Perry street
Burstead House School, Mrs Catherine Farrell, principal, girls and boys school, Norsey road
Butcher George Mayhew & Son, dairy farmers, Hurlocks farm, Jacksons lane
Butcher Gordon, dairyman, 6 High street
Butler Jn Thomas Hy, butcher, Western road
Calver Jn, hairdresser, 41 High street
Cheek Arthur, Burstead House temperance hotel, 117 High street
Chequers PH, Mrs Amy Alice Strong, 44 High street
Cheshire A G, clerk to Urban District council, 108 High street
Christie Frederick A, boot & shoe dealer, 95 High street
Churchill Jphnson Ltd, builders merchants, 8 & 10 High street
Clarke T A & Son, coal & coke merchants, Station approach
Clark Albert Edward, shopkeeper, Turnlake, Tye Common
Clark George Charles, assistant surveyor, 108 High street
Clarke Maurice Ben, butcher, 92 High street
Clarke May (Mrs), shopkeeper, Curds farm, Tye common
Coach & Horses PH, Frederick Marven, Chapel street
Cole Hy, cycle agent & dealer, 140 & confectioner, 142 High street
Collins Arthur Hy, printer, 3 High street
Connoll & Sons, fruiterers, 33a High street
Cook Charles Alfred, shopkeeper, Sun street
Cornish William, insurance agent, 3 Lion lane
Cottee Jesse, coal dealer, Bascilla, Station road
Cottis W J & Sons, bakers, 84 High street
Cousin & Black, nurserymen, Crescent nurseries
Cousins Leslie Raymond, accountant, 108 High street
Cramphorn, Ltd, corn merchants, 148 High street
Crown Hotel, Frederick George Potter, 2 High street
Curtis A J & Sons Ltd, boot & shoe dealers, 47 High street
Dairy (The), Mrs Rose Monoghan, proprieteress, 71 High street
Dowrick A J, valuation officer, 108 High street
Eales Frederick Jn, saddler, 72 & boot repairer, 74 High street
Ellis A R, motor garage, 119 High street
Essex Homes Co (Billericay) Ltd, builders, 12 High street
Essex Public Assistance Childrens Home, Miss Jessie Jones, matron, 100 High street
Fisher Beatrice (Mrs), shopkeeper, 51 Crown road
Fleet Kathleen (Miss), ILAM Teacher of elocution, Carrick house, Tye common
Flowerdew Emma Jane (Mrs), shopkeeper, 4 Western road
Foster James William, smallholder, 43 Crown road
Fuller Harry Wardlaw LDSEng, dental surgeon, Bleak house, High street
Gardiner Ethel Mary (Mrs), antique dealer, 115 High street
Garner Albert, Railway Hotel, 1 High street
Gas Light & Coke Company (The), gas company, 91 High street, depot, Laindon road
Gebtry T & E, builders, Chapel street
Goodspeed George, boot & shoe repairer, 9 Prince Edward road, Sunnymede
Goudge Albert Edward, poultry farmer, Woodview, Perry street
Grayling Rebecca (Miss), shopkeeper, 27 High street
Greens Stores (Ilford) Ltd, grocers, 35 High street
Gregory Violet F (Miss), ladies hairdresser, Longview, Hillside road
Groves, outfitters, 99 High street
Hunter Herbert Chas, M Aberd, ChB, physician & surgeon, The Croft, Norsey road
Haigh Jn Clifford Hobart, cashier & supervising rate collector, 108 High street
Harrington Albert Samuel, ironmonger, 53 High street
Harris Brothers, builders, Station approach
Harris Grace M (Mrs), nurse, 32 School road
Harris Rosa (Mrs), grocer, Prince Edward road, Sunnymede
Hart Charles Fras, shopkeeper, London road
Harvey Hy, decorator, Rosebrae, Stock road
Hayward Albert Arthur, shopkeeper, & post office, Stock road
Heard Samuel Jn, undertaker, 46 High street
Highfield Poultry farm, Joseph James Horne, proprietor, Potash road
Hisman Frank, grocer, Post office, The Meadow Way, Sunnymede
Horsnell Brothers, fishmongers, 58 High street
Houghton & Co, grocers, 103 High street
Howard Percy, Stationer, 56 & newsagent, 54 High street
Hunt Stanley Thomas, dairyman, Warren Point, Potash road
Huxley-Hall Roy, ladies outfitter, 60 High street
Iles Henry William, estate agent, builder, architect & surveyor
International Tea Co’s Stores Ltd, 50 High street
Jackson Frederick, refreshment rooms, 11 High street
Jarvis & Sons, lane & estate agents, Hilltop estate office, Stock road
Jarvis Arthur, shopkeeper, 132 High street
Jay & Rose, dressmakers, St Albans, Chapel street
Jefferies William Arthur, insurance agent, 74 High street
Jenkin Hulbert A, FSMC, FBOA optician, 88 High street
Keeble Jn Joseph Wilfred, assistant clerk, 108 High street
King Percival Rt, boot repairer, Western road
Knight Mrs & S (Miss), poultry farmers, Grey mount, Perry street
Larritt Rt, cycle agent & dealer, 62a High street
Layland Jasper, hardware dealer, 62 & glass & china dealwer, 93a High street
Layland Joyce (Miss), refreshment rooms, Southend road
Layland Marjorie Olive (Mrs), confectioner, 64 High street
Layland R J W, land & estate agent, 70 High street
Ledden Aubrey Lockyer, sanitary inspector, 108 High street
Leeds Brothers, undertakers & wheelwrights, High street works, Chapel street
Lewis Madeleine (Miss), wool dealer, 33 High street
London Co-operative Society Ltd, W D Daines, sec; 21 High sreet; coal depot, Station approach
Macer S jun, livestock transporter, London road
MacGregor Hilda Frances (Miss), midwife, 16 Thynne road, Sunnymede
McKenzie James, builder, Lauriston, Lion lane
Maguire Alfred T, dentist, 43 High street
Maguire Cyril E LDSRCS Eng, dental surgeon, 43 High street
Marsh Jessie (Mrs), confectioner, 78 High street
Martin Alfred William, chimney sweep, 39 School road
Mayflower Hall, Miss Ina Salter, sec, Chapel street
Mayhew Harry B, surveyor, 108 High street
Monaghan Walter Albert, confectioner, Stock road
Moore Walter Rd, grocer, 151 High street
Morris J E, Billericay Ltd, wine & spirit merchants, 63 High street
Moy THomas Ltd, coal & coke merchants (depot), Station approach
Mutual Sanatoria Lts, A J Read, supt & sec, , New lodge
Nix, D Thomas, proprietor, chemist, 111 High street
Norsey Fencing Company, fence makers, 70 High street
Oddy Stanley, greengrocer, Jacksons lane, Sunnymede
Palmer George, watch & clock repairer, 88 High street
Plummer Albert William, toy dealer, Lorraine, Laindon road
Podd George F, cooked meat shop, 65 High street
Polley Lilian May (Miss), dressmaker, 83 High street
Potter H U, plumber, 52 High street
Powell E J & Sons, builders, 116 High street
Purdys, grocer, 128 High street
Railway Hotel Garage, W H Collier, proprietor, motor garage, High street
Red Lion Hotel, Tom Fletcher, 113 High street
Rees Alcwyn, chemist, 49 High street
Reeve Annie (Mrs), dressmaker, 134 High street
Ricketts Dairy Farm, Harold Archie Rickett, proprietor, dairymen, The Avenue
Ringe Frank S=FSMC, FBOA, FIO, optician, 131 High street
Rising Sun PH, Arthur J White, Sun street
Ross Lillian Ann (Miss), basket maker, Norsey road
Royal Jersey Laundry (receiving depot, 1 Western parade, Western road
Ryan Frederick James, painter, Norsey road
Sadler Rd Charles, boot repairer, 94 High street
St JOhns School, preparatory for boys & girls, Walter Victor Higby MA Oxon, principal, Stock road
Sanders Frederick, ladies hairdresser, 12 High street
Sarsfield Eugene, hairdresser, 112 High street
Saveall Jane (Mrs), greengrocer, 2 Western road
Savill Akbert Charles, secondhand bookseller, Chapel street
Savill Ernest, shopkeeper, 66 High street
Savill Jn, chimney sweeper, Brunswick house, Stock road
Scragg Hy Jn, shopkeeper, 5 Western road
Seagers Alfred, china dealer, 23 High street
Sears J E, M Inst RA, estate agent, Station approach
See George Frederick, relieving officer & registrar of births, deaths & marriages, 137 High street
Sexton Edith Mildred (Mrs), newsagent, 114 High street
Shackleton William BA, MD, ChB Dub, physician & surgeon, 98 High street
Sharpe Hy William, nurseryman, Fillebrook, Lake avenue
Sheard Frank, newsagent, Jacksons lane, Sunnymede
Shearo Reginald Stephen, assistant sanitary inspector, 108 High street
Shelley Norah (Miss), fancy draper, 75 High street
Shelley Rt Charles, motor engineer, 79 High street
Shipton William Hy, builder, Springburn cottage, Station road
Shuttleworths Stores, Mrs Grace Welham, proprietor, grocers, Perry street
Skuse Charles Stephen ATCL, MRST, teacher of music, Corbiere, Western road
Smith W H & Son Ltd, newsagents, Railway station
Smith Catherine (Miss), boarding house, Ashdown, Western road
Smith Frederick H, butcher, 59 High street
Sorrell Frank, solicitor, Shrewsbury house, Stock road
Southend Waterworks Co, F A Francis, sec, district office, Sun street
Speed Edward Charles, furniture remover, 4 Highfields, Chapel street
Spencer Albert, shopkeeper, Perry street
Squires & Co, wireless supplies dealers, 85 High street
Still Hy, tailor, 14 High street
Stopps Jn William, nurseryman, Lakeside house, Perry street
Taylor Alfred Edward, boot repairer, 6 High street
Taylor Charles John, corn merchant, 89 High street
Thornhill Poultry Farm, Chas Jackson, proprietor, Potash road
Thornton & Son, electrician, 3 Western road
Thorogood Grace (Mrs), ladies outfitter, Stock road
Ventris Lilian (Miss), district nurse, 126 High street
Vere Frederick W, hairdresser, 26 High street
Victor Radio, F T Bentley, proprietor, wireless dealers, 50a High street
Wade Clara (Miss), shopkeeper, 40 High street
Wade Ernest Jn, painter, Oakdene, lake avenue
Ward George, poultry farmer, Rose maria, Stock road
Watson Jn Thomas, solicitor & commissioner for oaths, Nimatullah, Norsey road
Webber Thomas Arthur, poultry farmer, Briar Bank poultry farm, Mill Hill drive
Wells, Fiddes & Gunter, physicians & surgeons, 22 High street & The Croft, Norsey road
Wells Joseph Douglas, physician & surgeon & medical officer, 22 High street
Wells Stanley J, watch maker, 124 High street
West Edith Mary (Mrs), greengrocer, 20 High street
Westo Frederick Alfred, shopkeeper, Caxton stores, Stock road
White Hart Inn, Albert Edmund Jones, 138 High street
White Frederick J, nurseryman, Holmewood, Perry street
White Jessie (Miss), shopkeeper, 144 High street
Wiggins Claude Alex, poultry farmer, Lyntondale, London road
Wilks Rt T, land & estate agent, 12 High street
Willis Florence (Mrs), poultry farmer. Five Elms, Perry street
Willowe Poultry Farm, Reginald Pooley, proprietor, Cromwell avenue
Wooby Polly (Miss), woollen draper, Chapel street
Wright Alfred Edward, farmer, Bell hill
Ye Olde Chantry Cafe, Hy Ernest Fitch, proprietor, 61 High street
Young Frederick Joseph, window cleaner, 10 Prince Edward road, Sunnymede