Billericay history and accessibility
[see Buttsbury for most modern pubs in Stock] Stock, (sometimes called Harwood or Harwards Stock) is a parish and pleasant village, situated on the summit of a range of hills, on the road from Chelmsford to Billericay, 3 miles south from Ingatestone station, 3 north from Billericay, and 5 south west from Chelmsford.The church of … Read more
Buttsbury is a parish and pleasant village, situated on the summit of a range of hills, on the road from Chelmsford to Billericay, 3 miles south from Ingatestone station, 3 north from Billericay and 5 south west from Chelmsford.The church of St Mary is small, being only 36 feet by 21, the chancel 28 feet … Read more
Little Burstead or Burghstead, is a parish in the Southern division of the county, Barstable hundred, near the source of the River Crouch, 2 miles south west from Billericay, and 5 east from Brentwood station.The church of St Mary is small, with a nave and chancel, and low spire, with 2 bells.The register dates from … Read more
Great Burstead (or Burghstead), is a pleasant village and parish, a mile and a half to the south of Billericay, and on the road to Tilbury, in the Southern division of the county, union of Billericay.The small market town of Billericay is in this parish for civil purposes, but a separate parish for ecclesiastical purposes. … Read more
Billericay is a small market town and chapelry, in the parish of Great Burstead, it has 1284 inhabitants, and is pleaantly situated on a commanding eminence, 24 miles ENE of London, 10 miles South of Chelmsford, and 5 miles East of Brentwood Railway Station, at the junction of roads from Romford to Southend and from … Read more
Little BursteadLittle Burstead or Burghstead, is a parish near the source of the river Crouch, 2 miles south west from Billericay station .on the Southend on Sea branch ofthe Great Eastern railway, and 6 east from Brentwood.The church recently assigned to St Mary, is a small building in the Early English style, consisting of chancel … Read more
Billericay is a small town and head of a union, on an eminence at the junction of the road from London to Rochford and Southend, with that from Chelmsford to the ferry over the Thames at Tilbury, 6 miles east from Brentwood, 9 south from Chelmsford and 23 from Whitechapel church, and was formed into … Read more
Update for the 5th May 2026. We have just had the elections when a third of the local councillors were selected, and included several Billericay councillors, who I am pleased to report are still the Conservatives who were in post previously. BUT, the Essex County council which included thos Tory members on Essex Highways have … Read more