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| Basildon Street Name Meanings |
| Neville Shaw* Ghyllgrove | "Neville" is the family name of the Braybrooke family. "Shaw" is old English for "Copse". |
| Norwich Walk Craylands/Fryerns | . |
| Peterborough Way Craylands/Fryerns | . |
| Pomfret Mead* Ghyllgrove | Pomfret is Norman French. This word occurs in several localities where the farm road crosses small streams. |
| Ravensfield* Barstable | This was the name of a farm near Bures in 1714 in the Hinckford Hundred. |
| Rochester Way Craylands/Fryerns | . |
| Roseacre* Barstable | Essex field name. |
| Salisbury Side Craylands/Fryerns | . |
| Southwalk Path Craylands/Fryerns | . |
| Stublands* Barstable | This is the name of an old farm in the Hinckford Hundred near Bird-brook. The farm was owned by Richard Stobilum in 1294. |
| The Fold* Ghyllgrove | An enclosure, usually in the north with stone walls, and in the south nowadays with hedges, or netting. Rantree or rowantree gives the name to the fold by its presence and was used to distinguish it from another fold which might have had a different tree growing in it or in the hedge. |
| The Gore* Ghyllgrove | A farm in Rochford Hundred. This farm was mentioned in the Court Rolls in 1374. |
| The Lichfields Craylands/Fryerns | . |
| Tinkler Side* Basildon | An Essex field name quite common. However, where gypsies are known to camp throughout many counties, Tinkers Green, Tinkers, Tinklers End are all similar names and indicate the field the tinkers or gypsies camp. |
| Waldegrave* Kingswood | The name of an old Essex family who had their family seat at Navestock. The second Earl of Waldegrave was a friend of George II and attained fame by being Prime Minister for 5 days in 1757. He had no wish to hold the office, only allowing himself to be nominated to please the King. |
| Wells Gardens Craylands/Fryerns | . |
| Winchester Way Craylands/Fryerns | . |
| Winstanley Way* Pipps Hill Industrial Estate | Henry Winstanley (1644 - 1703). Engineer and Engraver born in Saffron Walden. |
| Wynters* Kingswood | This is the name of a farm in Magdalen Layer and is associated with the name of Alice Wynter in 1248 and Thomas Whynter in 1381. The name of Alice Wynter appeared first in the Assize Rolls of that year. |
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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