Search for a place
Search for a place
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 is now part of BASILDON District. Click here for graphs and data of how BASILDON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Basildon itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
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: 08th April 2026
Click here for more detailed advice on finding places within A Vision of Britain through Time, and maybe some references to other places called "Basildon".
