Basildon Urban District

infobox historic subdivision
Name= Basildon
(Billericay from 1934 to 1955)
HQ=
Status= Urban district
Start= 1934
End= 1974
Replace= Basildon


PopulationFirst= 27,454 (equivalent area)
PopulationLast= 129,302
PopulationFirstYear= 1931
PopulationLastYear= 1971
AreaFirst= 27,139 acres (110 km²)
AreaLast= 27,139 acres (110 km²)
AreaFirstYear= 1951
AreaLastYear= 1961

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 consisting of the following parishes (all from Billericay Rural District): [ [http://vision.edina.ac.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10108135&c_id=10001043 Vision of Britain] - Billericay UD ( [http://vision.edina.ac.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10108135&c_id=10001043 historic map] ). Retrieved 9 November 2006.]

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

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. [ [http://vision.edina.ac.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10234967 Vision of Britain] - Billericay parish ( [http://vision.edina.ac.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10234967&c_id=10001043 historic map)] . Retrieved 9 November 2006. ] In 1955 the district was renamed Basildon, still consisting of the Billericay parish. [ [http://vision.edina.ac.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10055003&c_id=10001043 Vision of Britain] - Basildon UD ( [http://vision.edina.ac.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10055003&c_id=10001043 historic map] ). Retrieved 9 November 2006. ]

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