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Laindon is a town and civil parish, which now forms part of the town of Basildon, in the Basildon district, in Essex, England. It is between Basildon and West Horndon. It was also an ancient parish. It was based on the manor of the same name.
Since Domesday Survey, the manor of Laindon, or Langdon, has been held by the successive Bishops of London, but part of the soil belongs to W. Roper and several other proprietors. The estate called Gobions was held by the Gobion family in the 14th century; and afterwards by the Symonds and Gaynesfords.
A Short History of Laindon. By Alice Jackson. In writing the history of Langdon Hills, a small parish in Essex, adjacent to the B1007, a road that linked Tilbury Fort to Colchester Fort, it is right to say that it is the highest point in Essex, and that there is no other higher point between the crest and the North Pole.
The coming of the railway to Laindon in 1888 introduced some changes to the way people thought of the parts of Essex it passed through. Many people will be aware that the station next to Laindon on the way to Fenchurch Street in London was once known as East Horndon but which became known as West Horndon in 1948 without having moved an inch.
Jul 30, 2024 · Guide to Laindon, Essex ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Laindon is a small town located in the Basildon district of Essex, England. The town has a rich history dating back to the Roman times, and it was once a rural village before it became a part of the Basildon New Town development in the 1950s.