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Pre - New Town Street Plan of Basildon |
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1) Basildon Street Map - Part One Dunton/Laindon/Langdon Hills
2) Basildon Street Map - Part Two Basildon/Lee Chapel/Vange
3) Basildon Street Map - Part Three Nevendon/Pitsea
Note: These maps are of a large file size so loading may be slow.
The Street plan of Basildon New Town Circa 1949 is shown in three separate sections.
The various wards that came to make up the new town are shown, as are other notable features
such as Churches, Schools, Farms etc.
The area chosen for the site of the town centre is shown on map two, but as development had
not yet begun, the area between the railway line and Hotwater Lane can be used as a guide to its eventual placement.
Some roads that
survived the redevelopment, such as Church Road, High Road and London Road, Vange, Tylers Avenue in Laindon
and the Laindon High Road can be seen, along with Timberlog Lane which was later truncated at both
ends with sections later renamed Clay Hill Road, Timberlog Close and Craylands. Also of note is
Rectory Road, Basildon, where Basildon Rectory once stood and now the site of The Tractor Plant
in Cranes Farm Road. A Small section still survives in what is now called Gardiners Close off
Gardiners Lane South.
The only clue as to the coming development can be seen on the third map, where the Nevendon
Industrial Area (No.1) was then currently under construction.
Text written 2002 with revisions 2002-2007.
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