Billericay
Billericay is a Town in the county of Essex.
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.
Towns to visit near Billericay include Colchester, Epping, Maldon, Southend-on-Sea, Saffron Walden, Braintree, and Basildon.
There are a several good castles in the area around Billericay like Colchester Castle.
Epping Forest, and Bedfords Park are great places to visit near Billericay if you like woodlands.
London Southend Airport, and London Stansted Airport are some of Billericay best airports to visit near Billericay.
The area around Billericay boasts some of the best historic buildings including Audley End House and Gardens, and Chelmsford Cathedral.
There are a several good cities in the area around Billericay like Chelmsford.
Billericay is near some unmissable villages like Hatfield Peverel,
Don't miss Thorndon Country Park's country parks if visiting the area around Billericay.
Lakeside Shopping Centre is a great place to visit close to Billericay if you like shopping centres.
Places near Billericay feature a number of interesting parks including Bedfords Park.
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.
