Rectory Road, Pitsea, Shops, Houses, Businesses & Public Buildings
Shops, Businesses, Housing and Public Buildings
1) 1890s-2000s - West Side - Odd Numbers
Shops, Businesses, Housing and Public Buildings
2) 1890s-2000s - East Side - Even Numbers
Please note: These are work in progress.
Rectory Road, which for much of its existence, linked the High Road with Burnt Mills
Road and was an important secondary road so much so that it even formed part of the B1011 Pitsea to Wickford route.
Many businesses were established here, some of which survived the early years in the development of Basildon New
Town. The development corporation in seeking to create a new town designed housing estates with small neighbourhood
centres which provided shops and other social amenities to replace the traditional High Street. In these plans Rectory Road was
changed, in many places, beyond all recognition so much so that it is no longer possible to even traverse its original course in a
motor vehicle. Much of the West side between Wickford Avenue and Ashlyns was replaced in the 1960s with the Crudens
housing estate and the completion of phase 3 of the Chalvedon 3 estate in the late 1970s. One business spared was a petrol
station which survived to the 1980s before eventual closure. Another change occurred in 2013 when the Royal British Legion's Pitsea and Vange
branch closed its social club due to falling membership. The future of this building looked uncertain and remained unoccupied
until around 2016 when a Pitsea branch of Co-op Funeralcare service opened. | 
