Essex history

Stock 1922 directory

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Stock, (or Stock Harvard) is a parish and pleasant village on the summit of a range of hills on the road from Chelmsford to Billericay, 3 miles south east from Ingatestone station on the main line of the Great Eastern railway and 3 north from Billericay on the branch line of that company from Shenfield … Read more

Stock 1911 census summary

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Stock Farrow FarmStock, private, Mr PayneStock, private, Mr CableStock, Beeches Farm, West Hanningfield, Farmhouse, WhyhoStock, Forest Lodge, Farmhouse, HunterStock, Old Barn Farm, Ingatestone, Farmhouse, FullerStock, Crondon Hall, Ingatestone, Farmhouse, HodgeStock, Crondon Hall, private, NevillStock, Crondon Hall, private, BouttellStock, Crondon Park, private, WrightStock, Crondon Park, private, FreemanStock, Crondon Park, Farmhouse, CraigStock, Crondon Park, private, GladwinStock, Crondon … Read more

Archeology in Billericay 1889 at the time of railway excavations

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THE construction of a new branch in Essex of the Great Eastern Railway, during the last two years, from Shenfield to Wickford and so on to Rayleigh, has opened to the archæologist a comparatively new area of country, for to many this interesting old town of Billericay – one of the most ancient in the … Read more

ROMAN Billericay from an Archaeological Journal in 1879

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I like to research a place by reading a number of sources. This journal talks a lot of sense and describes the area around Billericay well. It is written by J. A. SPARVEL BAYLY, F.S.A. In the Book of Chantries, it is stated of the above town, that it “ys a great towne and populous, … Read more

Buttsbury 1922 directory

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Buttsbury is a parish on the road from Chelmsford, to Billericay, 3 miles south east from Ingatestone station, 3 north from Billericay and 5 south west from Chelmsford, in the Chelmsford division of the county, Chelmsford hundred, petty sessional division, union and county court district, rural deanery of Barstable, archdeaconry of Essex and Chelmsford diocese. … Read more

Billericay High street in 1937 plus Billericay High street in 2025 accessibility information.

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This is Billericay High street in 1937 with mentions of pubs through the years, and current 2025 shops and restaurants, plus my rant about accessibility.