Billericay history and accessibility
admin Mucking 1848 Whites directoryMUCKING, a small scattered village, near a small creek of the river Thames, 4 miles N.N.E. of Tilbury Fort, and 10 miles S. of Billericay, has in its parish 199 souls, and 2146 acres of cultivated land, and about 200 acres of open heath and waste. The south-east part is low but … Read more
Langdon Hills 1848 Whites directoryLAINDON HILLS, or Langdon Hills , a scattered village and parish, on a lofty eminence, 5 miles S. of Billericay, and 8 miles N. of Tilbury Fort, has 288 inhabitants, and 1775 acres of land. The hill on which this parish stands is about a mile in length and breadth, and … Read more
Langdon 1848 Whites directoryLAINDON, or Langdon Clay, is a pleasant village, on the northern declivity of the Laindon Hills, 34 miles S. by E. of Billericay, and 7miles S.E. by E. of Brentwood. Its parish contains 568 inhabitants, and 2300 acres of land, exclusive of Basildon chapelry, which is consolidated with it ecclesiastically, under the … Read more
Hutton 1848 Whites directoryHUTTON, a pleasant village on the road between the two towns, 3 miles E. of Brentwood, and 2½ miles W. of Billericay, has in its parish 449 souls and 1699 acres of land, watered by two sources of the river Wid. It was given by the Conqueror to Battle Abbey, and was … Read more
West Horndon 1848 Whites directoryHORNDON ( WEST) is a churchless parish, from 2 to 3 miles S.E. of Brentwood, containing only 60 inhabitants and 1034 acres of land, mostly in the extensive and beautiful park of THORNDON HALL, the princely seat of Lord Petre, who owns all the parish, and is lord of the manor. … Read more
Horndon on the Hill 1848 Whites directoryHORNDON ON THE HILL is a pleasant village on a lofty eminence, 6 miles N. of Tilbury Fort, on the Thames ; 8 miles S. of Billericay, and 11 miles E.S.E. of Romford ; and commands extensive views over the vale of the Thames, as far as London and … Read more
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