Billericay history and accessibility
Barstable Hundred 1848 Whites directory Barstable Hundred extends about fourteen miles along the north bank of the river Thames, from Gravesend Reach and Tilbury Fort, to Canvey Island, and is of an irregular figure, averaging about11 miles in length and breadth.It is bounded, on the south, by the Thames ; on the east, by Rochford … 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
Barstable Hundred Whites 1863 Extends about 14 miles along the north bank of the river Thames, from Gravesend Reach and Tilbury Fort to Canvey Island; and is of an irregular figure, averaging about 11 miles inlength and breadth.It is bounded on the south by the Thames; on the east by Roch- ford Hundred and Chelmsford … Read more