Billericay

1922 Kellys Directory – Essex Beer Retailers with surname beginning with letter AAbraham John William, Littlebury, Saffron Walden – Carpenters’ ArmsAdams George A, 202 Balaam Street, Plaistow E15Ainger Frank, Upper Dovercourt, Harwich – Bird in HandAlcock Mrs Agnes, 83 Leytonstone Road, Stratford E15 – Royal OakAldous Mrs Eleanor Mary, Matching Green, Harlow – Cherry TreeAldridge … Read more

West Mersea 1863 Whites directory MERSEA ISLAND comprises the two parishes of East and West Mersea, and extends from Mersea Stone, at the mouth of the Colne, to the estuary of the Blackwater. It is of an oval figure, presenting a length of about five miles to the ocean, and being from 1½to 2 miles … Read more

Abberton 1863 Whites directoryABBERTON, a small village and parish, 4.5 miles S. of Colchester, contains 269 souls, and 1067 acres of strong loamy land, mostly arable. Thos. White, Esq. , is lord of the manor of Abberton Hall, and John Bawtree, Esq., of Badcocks ; but part of the soil belongs to several smaller proprietors.The … Read more

A new housing iniative for 1000 homes is always great, especially when the local highway is safe for all concerned. In the UK I am a wheelchair user and the footpath on the bridge at this location is far too narrow for safe use, and the surface is broken. My wheelchair is not safe on … Read more

My name is Kevan Wilding, a wheelchair user who regularly crosses the railway bridge at Mountnessing Road in my vehicle. The narrow footpath on this bridge, which I speed across at 30mph, is just wide enough for  one pedestrian. The looming threat of an accident with 480 new houses planned nearby being planned; I now … Read more

Firstly, before we continue. I am a socialist on the left wing and have never voted Conservative, and could never be so stupid as to vote for Farage and his bunch. I now live in Billericay, and I really like it. Billericay High street needs to update its barriers to disability, i.e. remove some of … Read more

Heybridge 1848 Whites Directory HEYBRIDGE, a considerable village, on the north side of the river Blackwater, is a northern suburb of Maldon, and its parish has been included in the Parliamentary Borough of Maldon, by the Reform Act of 1832. In it is situated the canal basin, and the short cuts which connect it with … Read more

Wimbish Whites Directory in 1863 WIMBISH, a pleasant straggling village,from 3 to 4 miles S.E. by E. of Saffron-Walden, has in its parish 939 inhabitants, and 4581 acres of land, including THUNDERLEY hamlet, on the west ; Wimbish Green, 1½ mile S.E. of the church; and many scattered farm-houses, &c. Thundersley was anciently a separate … Read more

Bradfield 1848 Whites Directory BRADFIELD is a pleasant and well-built village on an acclivity on the south side of the estuary of the river Stour, and mostly on the Manningtree and Harwich road, 3 miles E. by S. of the former, and 9 miles W. by S. of Harwich. Its parish contains 995 inhabitants, and … Read more