Basildon Urban District

{{Short description|Former local government area in the UK}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{infobox historic subdivision|

|Name= Basildon
(Billericay from 1934 to 1955)

|HQ=

|Status= Urban district

|Start= 1934

|End= 1974

|Replace= Basildon

|Image=

|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 from the following parishes (all from Billericay Rural District):[http://vision.edina.ac.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10108135&c_id=10001043 Vision of Britain] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201613/http://vision.edina.ac.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10108135&c_id=10001043 |date=September 27, 2007 }} - Billericay UD ([http://vision.edina.ac.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10108135&c_id=10001043 historic map] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014823/http://vision.edina.ac.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10108135&c_id=10001043 |date=September 30, 2007 }}). 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
• 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.[http://vision.edina.ac.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10234967 Vision of Britain] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201709/http://vision.edina.ac.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10234967 |date=September 27, 2007 }} - Billericay parish ([http://vision.edina.ac.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10234967&c_id=10001043 historic map)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201427/http://vision.edina.ac.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10234967&c_id=10001043 |date=September 27, 2007 }}. 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] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201400/http://vision.edina.ac.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10055003&c_id=10001043 |date=September 27, 2007 }} - Basildon UD ([http://vision.edina.ac.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10055003&c_id=10001043 historic map] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014643/http://vision.edina.ac.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10055003&c_id=10001043 |date=September 30, 2007 }}). Retrieved 9 November 2006.

File:Old Town Hall, Billericay.jpg]]

From 1938 until the early 1960s the urban district council met at the Town Hall at 94 High Street in Billericay and had its main offices nearby, notably at 98 High Street.{{London Gazette|issue=42367|page=4003|date=30 May 1961}}{{London Gazette|issue=41960|page=1321|date=19 February 1960}}{{cite book |last1=Phillips |first1=Charles |title=The Story of Billericay |date=2013 |publisher=The History Press |location=Cheltenham |isbn=9780752499246 |page=154}} In the early 1960s the council moved to premises in the new town centre of Basildon.{{London Gazette|issue=42298|page=1835|date=10 March 1961}}