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| Basildon Street Name Meanings |
| Bodiam Close Pitsea | . |
| Braemar Walk Pitsea | . |
| Burns Avenue Pitsea | . |
| Byfletts* Vange | A small field in the manor of Hempstead Hall which on 25 October 1720 was leased for 500 years at the rental of 4d. (fourpence) per annum. This area is still under cultivation but will be lost to housing. |
| Caister Drive Pitsea | . |
| Carlisle Way Pitsea | . |
| Christopher Martin Road* Cranes Industrial Estate | Named after the Billericay miller who ground flour for the voyage of the first "Mayflower". |
| Corfe Close Pitsea | . |
| Courtauld Road* Burnt Mills Industrial Estate | George Courtauld was the founder of the Essex silk industry in the 18th century. |
| Dover Way Pitsea | . |
| Edinburgh Way Pitsea | . |
| Goldings Crescent Vange | . |
| Grapnells* Vange | A farm in the Rochford Hundred. This name comes from the family of Grapinel who in the year 1086 held half a hide in the Manor of Prittlewell. |
| Harlech Close Pitsea | . |
| Harvey Road* Burnt Mills Industrial Estate | Gabriel Harvey was a prosperous ropemaker of Saffron Walden; he attended Queen Elizabeth I at Audley End. He was also a poet and scholar. |
| Josselin Road* Burnt Mills Industrial Estate | Ralph Josselin of Earls Colne was a diarist who wrote an accurate history of Essex during the Civil War. |
| Ludlow Mews* Pitsea | . |
| Mollands* Vange | Mollands has been a farm in South Ockendon in the Chafford Hundred since 1352. Molland was a term of land tenure emancipated from forced labour and held on payment of a fair rent. |
| Moss Close/Drive Vange | . |
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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