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Location: High Road, Laindon Photographer: Bix Year of photo: 13/04/1991 Copyright: Basildon History Online Comments: Looking towards Parkinson's before the new police station was built in Durham Road. |
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Location: High Road, Laindon Photographer: Bix Year of photo: 13/04/1991 Copyright: Basildon History Online Comments: Wooden shop last used as a charity shop for retired pit ponys, later closed, it remained empty for a time before eventually being removed altogether. |
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Location: High Road, Laindon Photographer: Bix Year of photo: 13/04/1991 Copyright: Basildon History Online Comments: Traffic lights have yet to be installed at Northumberland Avenue/High Road junction. |
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Location: High Road, Laindon Photographer: Brian Baylis Year of photo: 1975 Copyright: Brian Baylis Source: Brian Baylis Comments: J. Toomey Motors Ltd garage seen in 1975. Their forecourt hours of business then were Mon - Sat 8:00 - 7:00.pm & Sunday 9 - 2:30. |
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Location: High Road, Laindon Photographer: Brian Baylis Year of photo: 1975 Copyright: Brian Baylis Source: Brian Baylis Comments: High Road, Laindon. |
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Location: High Road, Laindon Photographer: Brian Baylis Year of photo: 1975 Copyright: Brian Baylis Source: Brian Baylis Comments: High Road, Laindon. |
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Location: High Road, Laindon Photographer: Brian Baylis Year of photo: 1975 Copyright: Brian Baylis Source: Brian Baylis Comments: Little Oxcroft can be seen under development to the right of the High Road. |
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Location: High Road, Laindon Photographer: Unknown Year of photo: Circa 1940 Copyright: N/A Source: N/A Comments: |
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Location: High Road, Laindon Photographer: Unknown Year of photo: Circa 1920 Copyright: N/A Comments: Commercial House on the corner of Windsor Road. |
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Location: High Road, Laindon Photographer: Bix Year of photo: 27/11/2002 Copyright: Basildon History Online Comments: Formerly Dick Barnes butcher's shop. |
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The High Road at Laindon is a continuation of the same road
that began at the summit of Langdon Hills. Once designated B1007, it is single carriageway until
the roundabout with Laindon Link and Somerset Road. There is then a duel section until the
roundabout with St. Nicholas Lane and West Mayne.Laindon War Memorial Along this section and facing the High Road in front of the shopping centre is the Laindon War Memorial. This is a modern design and consists of a raised circular plinth with a central circular upright column, squared off and overlapping at the top, upon which stands a cross. The memorial is approximately 11 feet high and made from black marble. It commemorates the two world wars and is inscribed: TO THE GLORIOUS DEAD 1914 - 1918 LAINDON AND DISTRICT 1939 - 1945 "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, AND IN THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM." It is non-denominational and there are no individual names inscribed. The War Memorial had originally stood in front of the British Legion Hall which was located just beyond Laindon High Road school where it was unveiled in 1935. The hall was compulsory purchased by the Basildon Development Corporation in 1975 and demolished soon after. Close by is a stone water fountain with the inscription: In Commemoration of the Royal Silver Jubilee May 1935. Prior to the shoppping centre this had stood close to a wooden seat near the former junction with St. Nicholas Lane. It was returned to Laindon after being discovered in storage at Basildon Council's Barleylands depot. The High Road then continues in single carriageway to the A127 Fortune-of-War roundabout. Through access to the remainder of the High Road via the roundabout is no longer possible since the roundabout was closed to right turns in the 1990s.  A
new road - Willowfields - with an A127
overbridge, was constructed in the 1990s, and this links directly to the northern end of the High
Road. The short section between the former Fortune-of-War roundabout and the Willowfields roundabout
was renamed High Road North some years ago, and from the roundabout to Noak Hill Road is now
called Wash Road (West).The length of the High Road from Laindon railway station to the Fortune-of-War is approximately 1 to 1½ miles. Text written 2006 with revisions 2006-2008. Copyright © 2006-2008, Basildon History Online. All rights reserved. |
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