Basildon Urban District

Basildon
(Billericay from 1934 to 1955)
Basildon; (Billericay from 1934 to 1955)
Area
• 1951	27,139 acres (110 km²)
• 1961	27,139 acres (110 km²)
Population
• 1931	27,454 (equivalent area)
• 1971	129,302
History
• Created	1934
• Abolished	1974
• Succeeded by	Basildon
Status	Urban district

Basildon Urban District (from 1934 to 1955 Billericay Urban District) was a local government district in south Essex, England from 1934 to 1974.

The district was created in 1934 from the following parishes (all from Billericay Rural District):^[1]

Basildon
Bowers Gifford
Great Burstead
Laindon
Little Burstead (until 1938, to Thurrock Urban District)
North Benfleet
Pitsea
Vange
Wickford

It also gained 1,282 acres (5 km²) from Chelmsford Rural District and 1,627 acres (7 km²) from Orsett Rural District.

In 1937 all the parishes were abolished and used to create a Billericay parish which occupied the same area as the district.^[2] In 1955 the district was renamed Basildon, still consisting of the Billericay parish.^[3]

References[]

^ Vision of Britain Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine - Billericay UD (historic map Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine). Retrieved 9 November 2006.
^ Vision of Britain Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine - Billericay parish (historic map) Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 9 November 2006.
^ Vision of Britain Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine - Basildon UD (historic map Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine). Retrieved 9 November 2006.

Coordinates: 51°34′N 0°28′E / 51.57°N 0.47°E / 51.57; 0.47

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[1] Vision of Britain Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine - Billericay UD (historic map Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine). Retrieved 9 November 2006.

[2] Vision of Britain Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine - Billericay parish (historic map) Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 9 November 2006.

[3] Vision of Britain Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine - Basildon UD (historic map Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine). Retrieved 9 November 2006.

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