Billericay history and accessibility
admin Chafford HundredExtends about eight miles alongthe northbank of the river Thames, opposite Erith Reach, Long Reach, and St. Clement’s Reach ; from Hornchurch Marsh to Grays Thurrock. It extends about 12 miles northward, but decreases from 7 to 2 miles in breadth. The small river Ingerbourn flows along its western boundary to the river Thames; … Read more
HORNDON ON THE HILL is a pleasant village on a lofty eminence, 6 miles N. of Tilbury Fort and 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 Sheerness, 20 miles either way. It has … Read more
WICKFORD is a compact and well-built village, 5 miles E. by S. of Billericay, in a low situation, encompassed on three sides by a winding reach of the river Crouch, crossed by two bridges on the Brentwood and Rochford road, where there was formerly an ancient ford. Its parish contains 462 inhabitants, and 1787 acres … Read more
VANGE, or Fange, is a small village and parish near the head of a small creek running up from East Haven, and having a wharf for barges, 4 miles north of the river Thames, 2 miles from Pitsea Station, and 6 miles S. by E. of Billericay. It contains 160 souls, and 1387 acres of … Read more
TILBURY, (WEST) a small village at the head of a small creek of the Thames, more than a mile north of that river, 2 miles W. of East Tilbury, and 21 miles E. of London, has in its parish about 1700 acres of land, and 274 inhabitants ; exclusive of the soldiers, &c. , in … Read more
TILBURY (EAST) is an ancient village on the north bank of the Thames, at the east end of Gravesend Reach, and at the south end of that broad bend of the river commonly called The Hope, about a mile from Low street Station, 2½ miles E. by N. of Tilbury Fort and Station, and 16 … Read more
THURROCK (LITTLE) is a village and parish, on the north bank of the Thames, 1 mile east of Grays Thurrock, and 2 miles N.W. of Tilbury Fort. It contains 292 souls, and about 1400 acres of land, rising boldly from the marshes, and generally fertile and well cultivated. At Domesday Survey it was held by … Read more
THUNDERSLEY, a pleasant village on a rising ground, from 2 to 3 miles S.W. of Rayleigh, and 8 miles S.E. of Billericay, has in its parish 531 inhabitants and 2610 acres of land, of which 200 souls and 860 acres are in Thundersley Hamlet, in Rochford Hundred, about 1 mile east of the church.The whole … Read more
STANFORD-LE-HOPE is a small village on a rivulet, about 1½ mile north of that portion of the Thames called The Hope; 2 miles S.E. of Horndon- on-the-Hill ; and 12 miles E.S.E. of Romford. It has a Station on the London and Southend Railway. A bridge crosses the rivulet on the site of the ancient … Read more
SHENFIELD is a large and pleasant village on the Chelmsford road, extending more than a mile eastward from Brentwood, of which town it may be considered a suburb. Its parish contains 1145 inhabitants, and 2397 acres of land, and within its limits is Brentwood Railway Station. The soil is generally a fertile loam, and the … Read more