Billericay Rural District

Billericay RD
Area
• 1911	49,394 acres (200 km²)
• 1931	49,393 acres (200 km²)
Population
• 1901	17,504
• 1931	39,700
History
• Created	1894
• Abolished	1934
• Succeeded by	Brentwood Urban District Billericay Urban District Chelmsford Rural District
Status	Rural district

Billericay Rural District was a local government district in Essex, England from 1894 to 1934.

It consisted of the following parishes:[1]

• Basildon
• Brentwood (1894–1899; used to create Brentwood Urban District)
• Bowers Gifford
• Childerditch
• Downham
• Dunton
• East Horndon
• Great Burstead
• Hutton
• Ingrave
• Laindon
• Lee Chapel
• Little Burstead
• Little Warley
• Mountnessing
• Nevendon
• North Benfleet
• Pitsea
• Ramsden Bellhouse
• Ramsden Crays
• Shenfield
• South Weald
• Vange
• West Horndon
• Wickford

In 1934 the district was abolished. Hutton, Ingrave and South Weald went to Brentwood Urban District and most of the remainder went to Billericay Urban District with parts of some parishes (1,659 acres) transferred to Chelmsford Rural District.[2]

References

1. Vision of Britain – Billericay RD (historic map)
2. Vision of Britain Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine – Chelmsford RD

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