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Historic maps of Billericay and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Billericay maps
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Billericay books
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Harlow Town and City Memories
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Saffron Walden Town and City Memories
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Clacton-on-Sea Town and City Memories
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5 Billericay photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Billericay
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1929-1939
I didnt live there mydad's family lived there .they came down from tottenham.
they were in the building trade. an address for my uncle is st helens slicers gate mill
road. I wonder if any one remembers the family.
My uncle left to build his own house over the river fenn creek woodham ferrers.
My dad Gordon... [more]
Shared on 12 January 2008
I remember this old cafe very well - not too well lit inside, but friendly atmosphere - my Mum, her friend Joan Slaney and son Michael (who was the same age as me) used to have tea and cakes etc. in the cafe on some occasions after our Mum's had picked us up from school. The last time I went to... [more]
Shared on 08 February 2009
Catholic Church, Laindon Road, Billericay
This old church was modernised, including an extension at the front, sometime in the 1980s (I believe). My cousin Marion got married here, early 1980s, and the modernisation work took place sometime later - need to find dates. Personally, I did not think the modernisation work was in keeping with the original architecture.
Shared on 08 February 2009
I have wonderfull memories of Billericay, Church. As a child my Mother would take my Brothers Paul, Barry & Sisters Margaret & Angela & I to the Sunday Service. Father Alawyshes Roch was the priest at that time. He was a good family friend to the Gurnett's. I believe Father Roch wrote a couple of books.... [more]
Shared on 02 January 2008
Essex memories
The Wheatsheaf Pub at Little Burstead
It seems this is the first memory to be posted. My grandparents (Florence and Max Vetterlein) had the Wheatsheaf pub for about six years to 1957. They were tenants of the brewers Charringtons. There was the saloon bar and the public (known as the spit & sawdust bar). An extra penny was charged on a pint in the saloon. There was... [more]
Shared on 17 September 2009
I remember the green double decker buses revving up Crays Hill in the snow and jamming their tyres against the curb to try and get up. We lived in Elm Bank on the hill and sometimes witnessed the buses sliding side-ways back down again. Time to retire to The Shepherd and Harold and Elsie for a beer.
Shared on 10 February 2008
I remember fragments about living at Hutton - I lived in Lilian Crescent, in a new bungalow, having moved from Hawskmoor Green. I learnt to ride a Fairy cycle - as little 2 wheelers were called then - by pushing myself along with the aid of a low brick wall.
I remember my first day at school, saying prayers, and how... [more]
Shared on 14 November 2008
These houses are in St. Nicholas Lane. I lived in the house on the left of the photo. It was named Neasden. We lived there until 1950 when we moved to London. The hill was a very good winter sports attraction with some very fast toboggan runs.
Shared on 12 November 2009
Extracts From Billericay & Essex books
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Basildon Living Memories Pocket Album
A chantry was established in Billericay in 1342. The Chantry Café probably occupies the site of the priest's house. The building—with the date 1510 on its gable—is reputedly where four local Puritans met before sailing to the New World aboard the Mayflower. There is a Billerica (no 'y') in Massachusetts to this day.
This is an extract from Basildon Living Memories Pocket Album.
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Basildon Living Memories Pocket Album
West Horndon is a planned village dating only from the 1940s. Before that, it had been a sparsely-inhabited parish, whose medieval church had collapsed by the early 18th century. The railway station—formerly called East Horndon—stood in the middle of nowhere when it was first built in 1886; the Railway Hotel was previously a coaching inn. West Horndon is now a compact settlement with a small industrial estate,... [more]
This is an extract from Basildon Living Memories Pocket Album.
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One of the highly successful Austin Minis is parked in the foreground. The International Stores was popular for groceries; also, note the many newspaper and magazine advertisements outside Martins, the newsagent's shop (right). Horsnell Bros functions as both an ironmongers and a greengrocers. The brick tower of St Mary Magdalene's church dates from the 15th century.
This is an extract from Essex Living Memories.
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