ROMAN Billericay

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