In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Basildon like this:
BASILDON, a chapelry in Laindon parish, Essex; 2 miles NNW of Pitsea r. station, and 4 SE of Billericay. Post Town, Laindon, under Billericay. Acres, 1,627. Real property, £1,927. Pop., 180. Houses, 25. The living is annexed to Laindon rectory in the diocese of Rochester.
Basildon through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Basildon in Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1217
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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