Billericay
Billericay is a Town in the county of Essex.
Billericay in Essex is located 7.0 km NW from Basildon.
There are great places to visit near Billericay including some great towns, castles, woodlands, airports, historic buildings, cities, villages, country parks, shopping centres, parks and nature reserves.
Colchester, Epping, Maldon, Southend-on-Sea, Saffron Walden, Braintree, and Basildon are great places to visit near Billericay if you like towns.
Don't miss Colchester Castle's castles if visiting the area around Billericay.
The area around Billericay boasts some of the best woodlands including Epping Forest, and Bedfords Park.
There are a several good airports in the Billericay area like London Southend Airport, and London Stansted Airport.
Audley End House and Gardens, and Chelmsford Cathedral are great places to visit near Billericay if you like historic buildings.
Don't miss Chelmsford's cities if visiting the area around Billericay.
There are a several good villages in the area around Billericay like Hatfield Peverel.
Thorndon Country Park, and Hainault Forest Country Park are some of Billericay best country parks to visit near Billericay.
The area close to Billericay boasts some of the best shopping centres including Lakeside Shopping Centre.
Bedfords Park is a great place to visit close to Billericay if you like parks.
Nature Reserves to visit near Billericay include Bedfords Park.
Billericay History
There are some historic monuments around Billericay:
Places to see near Billericay
History of Billericay
Billericay (previously Billerica) is a well-known exception in the identification of the origins of English place-names. The name of the town was first recorded as “Byllyrica” in 1291. The urban settlement, which was within the manor and parish of Great Burstead, was one of many founded in the late 13th century in an already densely populated rural landscape. Several suggestions for the origin of the place name include: Although the precise etymology of the name is not known, England has other places named Billerica: The Tudor antiquarian John Leland believed the already-abandoned Billerica in Kent was a variant of Bellocastrum, âfair castle’ in Latin. In Billericay there is a Roman fort at Blunt’s Wall Farm; likewise âBurh’ gives is name to Great Burstead. This suggests that a Romano-British place name was reused by the Anglo-Saxons following the end of Roman rule in Britain.
