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| Basildon Street Name Meanings |
| Alcotes* Barstable | A hamlet and farm in the Hinckford Hundred and was mentioned in the Chancery Proceedings in 1422. Probably in old English "Old Cottage". Hamlet is near Bocking. |
| Audley Way* Ghyllgrove | The manorial name of Audley commemorates the gift to Sir Thomas Audley by Henry VIII of the lands of the Abbey of Walden in 1538. |
| Ayletts* Barstable | This is the name of an old farm in the Chelmsford Hundred near Broomfield. It was owned by John Aylet in 1381. |
| Beehive Lane* Ghyllgrove | This is one of the old lane names in the designated area. It is just the name of the lane where the beehives were kept. Could be quite modern. |
| Braybrooke* Ghyllgrove | The first Lord Braybrooke in the late 18th Century took over Audley End, "the noblest house in Essex", on which he spent £100,000 on restorations and established the house as a treasure house of books and art. The third Lord Braybrooke is famous as the first editor of Pepys. The present Lord Braybrooke is the 9th holder of the title. |
| Canterbury Close Craylands/Fryerns | . |
| Chester Hall Lane Pipps Hill Industrial Estate | Chester Moor Hall (09/12/1703 - 17/03/1771) was the inventor of the Achromatic Lens used in several self built telescopes in 1733. The barrister and mathematician was born in Essex at Leigh-on-Sea though he later moved to Sutton in Surrey where he died in 1771. He failed to patent his discovery and it was British telescope maker John Dollond who perfected his own lens in 1758 who succeeded in obtaining a patent. |
| Chester Way Craylands/Fryerns | . |
| Chichester Close Craylands/Fryerns | . |
| Chittock Gate/Mead* Barstable | Named after a local family who have lived in this area many years. |
| Crompton Close* Pipps Hill Industrial Estate | Rookes E. B. Crompton (1845 - 1940). Electrical Engineer pioneer motorist and founded the Chelmsford firm around 1875. |
| Dewlands* Ghyllgrove | A farm in Black Notley first notified in the public record office in 1567. |
| Durham Walk Craylands/Fryerns | . |
| Exeter Close Craylands/Fryerns | . |
| Ely End Craylands/Fryerns | . |
| Gibcracks* Barstable | One of the oldest farms in the County. Associated with the family of Robert de Gibecrake in 1287. It is situated in the Thurstable Hundred at Great Totham. |
| Gobions* Kingswood | This name has been given to both areas and farms here in Essex and in the Midlands. Here in Essex the farm in Mucking is associated with the family of Thomas Gubyun in 1306. Great Leighs was also called Gobions in 1376. |
| Hereford Walk Craylands/Fryerns | . |
| High Barretts* Barstable | The name of a new Manor House built by John Baret in 1428. The new house was built opposite the old moated manor, which was later pulled down. The house also gives its name to the nearby hamlet in the Bocking Area in the Hinckford Hundred. |
| Howard Chase* Pipps Hill Industrial Estate | Luke Howard (28/11/1772 - 21/03/1864). Chemist, Botanist, Meteorologist & Philanthropist. Founder of the chemical works in Ilford now, but started in West Ham. |
| Lincoln Road Craylands/Fryerns | . |
| Luckyn Lane* Pipps Hill Industrial Estate | Lionel Luckyn (1742 - 1834) son of William Luckyn of Dunmow. Lionel Luckyn was the inventor of life boats. |
| Lynstede* Barstable | A hamlet and farm in the Dunmow Hundred. In 1399 the farm was owned by Wlliam Lynstede. |
| Meredene* Barstable | Is the old name of Marden in the Ongar Hundred. The meaning of the word is "Boundary Valley" and is the old name for the valley between High and Chipping Ongar. |
| Miles Gray Road Pipps Hill Industrial Estate | Miles Gray (1575 - 1649). Bellfounder from the parish of St. Mary's, Colchester, Langham and Saffron Walden. The first of three generations of Gray's, all named Miles, who cast bells, some of which can still be found in Essex churches and beyond. |
Text written 2001 with revisions 2002-2007. Copyright © 2001-2007, Basildon History Online. All rights reserved. All street entry information marked with an asterisk (*) appears courtesy of the Basildon Council website, and can be seen in the Council publication entitled 'History of Basildon, Billericay & Wickford'. |
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