Billericay history and accessibility
admin INGRAVE, a handsome village, in the northern part of Heron- gate, and on the east side of the extensive park of Thorndon Hall, is delightfully situated, 2 miles S.E. of Brentwood, and its parish contains 516 souls and 1709 acres of land. Lord Petre is the lord of the manor, and owns a great part … Read more
HUTTON, a pleasant village on the road betweenthe two towns, 3 miles E. of Brentwood, and 2 miles W. of Billericay, has in its parish 399 souls and 1699 acres of land, watered by two sources of the river Wid. It was given by the Conqueror to Battle Abbey, andwas granted at the dissolution, in … Read more
HORNDON (WEST) is a churchless parish, from 2 to 3 miles S.E. of Brentwood, containing only 64 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. The three Horndon parishes are … Read more
HORNDON, (EAST) a fertile and picturesque parish on the east side of the extensive park of Thorndon Hall, has a pretty village, with many neat houses on the road called HERONGATE, 3 miles S.E. of Brentwood. It has 474 inhabitants, and 1400 acres of land, mostly belonging to Lord Petre, the lord of the manor, … Read more
FOBBING, a compact village of one street, on a bold acclivity overlooking the marshes and the Thames, is nearly 2 miles N. of that river, 3 miles E. of Horndon- on-the- Hill, and 7 miles S. by E. of Billericay. Its parish contains 409 inhabitants, and 2632A. 3R. 38P. of land, mostly in low marshes, … Read more
DUNTON, or Dunton Waylett, a small pleasant village on elevated ground, 5½ miles S.S.E. of Brentwood, and S.S.W. of Billericay,has in its parish 173 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 mostly to Odo, Bishop of … Read more
DOWNHAM, a parish of scattered houses on the north side of this Hundred, 4½ miles E. by W. of Billericay, has 247 souls, and 2152 acres of land, rising in bold undulations. It is not named in Domesday Book, and is now in three manors, viz.:-Downham Hall and Berne Hall, belonging to R. B. Berens, … Read more
DODDINGHURST, a pleasant but straggling village and parish, at the north-west extremity of this hundred, and in Ongar Union, is from 3 to 4 miles N. by W. of Brentwood, and 5 miles W. of Ingatestone. It contains about 400 souls, and 1892 acres of land, including Fox Hatch, and giving rise to one of … Read more
CORRINGHAM, a small scattered village, about 1 mile N. of the Thames, and 11 miles S.S.W. of Brentwood, has in its parish 229 souls, and 2856 acres of land, including a large tract of low marshes, intersected by several creeks of the Thames. Sigar, a freeman, held the parish in the Confessor’s reign, but it … Read more
BILLERICAY, a small market town and chapelry, in the parish ofGreat Burstead, has 1533 inhabitants, and is pleasantly situated on a commanding eminence, 24 miles E.N.E. of London, 10 miles S. of Chelmsford, and 5 miles E. of Brentwood Railway Station.It gives name to a large Union, and to a Polling District, comprising most of … Read more