1801

10 March

Census for the parishes of Basildon, Laindon, Pitsea & Vange lists population as 707.

1836

A new Rectory at Vange in London Road is built. It was later demolished and once stood on the site of the former Vange Zoo.

1843

A small church school at Dunton opens. The school, situated in Lower Dunton Road, remained open until the mid 1930s when a new council school was built - further along the road - to accommodate a rising intake, mainly as a result of the plotland development nearby. The old school was converted to a private residence and can still be seen today, while the new Dunton school remained open until the late 1970s when falling numbers forced it to close. That too is now a private residence.

The Red Cow public house built in Dry Street, Langdon Hills. Little is known of its time as a public house beyond the late 1800s, though it was known to have been an off licence until around 1930. The former licencee of the Five Bells at Vange took it over from 1931 to 1954, by which time it was serving the area well as a Post Office & General Stores. It was still open until at least the late 1970s before closure and is now a private residence.

1851

30 March

Census population of Basildon, Laindon, Pitsea & Vange now stands at 950.

1855

1 July

Pitsea Railway Station opened. The new railway line linking Southend with London was constructed in various stages, and jointly promoted by the Eastern Counties and London & Blackwell Railways, following an Act of Parliament passed in 1852. The original route reached Pitsea via Tilbury and Stanford-le-Hope, and in order for the line to pass through Pitsea some land belonging to Pitsea Hall was purchased. It was here that the first station was constructed. The original plans had proposed a station at Vange, on a site close to the Five Bells, but this was not to be.

1856

The Crown Inn is built at Langdon Hills. The building, though altered through the years, is still in use today and now called The Harvester.

1858

1858?

The first School in Vange was built in London Road. Situated near the site of the former Vange Zoo, the building still survives.

1859

The Railway Tavern public house is built in High Road, Pitsea. It was later converted to shops and a new Railway Hotel was built opposite the junction with Station Lane in the 1930s. The original Tavern was demolished many years ago.

1860

A school is built in Langdon Hills close to St. Mary's Church on Crown Hill. The building survives to this day and is now privately owned.

1869

The old Basildon Rectory is built. Situated in Rectory Road, Basildon, it survived to 1962 when it was demolished to make way for the new Ford Tractor Plant in Cranes Farm Road. It replaced an earlier Rectory that stood close to the original entrance to Honeypot Lane.

1876

A new Board School in London Road, Vange is built.
Nicholas School in Laindon built. The School in Church Hill was later renamed Laindon Park Infant & Junior and is still open today.

1877

A new church is built at the summit of Crown Hill in Langdon Hills. The church, named St. Mary's and All Saints, was built to replace a much earlier church that still stands in Old Church Hill.

1886

Nevendon School in Burnt Mills Road is built. It was later demolished in 1972.

1887

May

James Hornsby, last Schoolmaster of 48 years at the former Puckle's School housed in an annexe on the West end of St.Nicholas Church, Laindon died and was buried in the churchyard close to where he taught.

1888

A well bored 444 feet (135m) below Laindon Railway Station of which the first 342 feet (104m) was London Clay.

24 May

An inspection was carried out over the newly completed section of the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway between East Horndon (renamed West Horndon in 1949) & Pitsea.
The original London (Fenchurch Street) - Tilbury - Southend Railway (LTS) was constructed via Tilbury in the mid 1850s. A more direct route between Barking & Pitsea via Upminster & Laindon was begun in 1883 & completed when the line reached Pitsea in May 1888. At the same time a new station was constructed at Laindon, while at Pitsea the existing station was rebuilt. The original terminus at Southend was extended to Shoeburyness, where a station was opened on 1/2/1884.

1 June

Laindon railway station opened as services on the new route begin.
The line now run by train operator C2C, is still in use today.

1892

12 July

An auction of freehold building land on the Laindon Station Estate was held. Bidding took place on the estate in a specially erected marquee, where buyers were offered a 5% discount if they paid cash within 2 months. Two more auctions were held on July 26th & August 9th bringing the total overall plots sold to more than 1,000.

1894

Billericay Rural District Council formed following the introduction of the Local Government Act 1894.
It would survive until 1934 becoming the Billericay Urban District Council catering for an ever increasing population, particularly in Laindon, whose affairs were then administered by the council.

1896

The Laindon Hotel in High Road, Laindon built.

1897

18 October

An auction of freehold land in Langdon Hills was held. Various other auctions took place that year; including some at Pitsea. Plot prices ranged from £11.10s to £70.10s.