Laindon first gets a mention in 998 where one man from Ligeandune was required for ship duty. The Domesday Book records the name as Legenduna, with the parish being held by the Bishop of London. It means ‘hill of the Lyge`. The Lyge is believed to be a Celtic river name and Dun is Anglo Saxon for Hill. The Lyge springs from the hill upon which St Nicholas Church stands and is tributary of the River Crouch but I defy anybody to find the source. During the eighteenth century it was often referred to as Langdon Clay.
The High Road was the heart of the community, the absorption into Basildon left us with a High Road in name alone.
Bonny Baby Show
When and Where?
Carnival Queen 1959
Laindon girl - June Ferguson (now Higgs)
Laindon Carnival
Gone but not forgotten
Laindon Station
The opening of Laindon Station was the initial driving force in the development of Laindon
Bungalow Demolished
Corporation claim we are blameless
Laindon Map
High Road V High Street
LAINDON MEMORIES
Oct/Nov 1999 Jan 2000
Laindon's Largest Fire
Laindon Timber Fire - Sunday 17th April, 1932
Morningside - Station Road
The History of a fine house-cum-shop.
East Anglian Film Archive
The Changing Face of our Community through two films
Mystery Mound
Manor Road Recreation Ground
Old Laindon photographs
Some additional photographs
Old Photographs of Laindon
Collection of all the old Photographs that are not yet used in articles
Ron Moorcroft
Laindon Community Centre
Room with a view
Before Royal Court
White House Farm
KING EDWARD ROAD, LAINDON
Lovely Laindon (Part 2)
"Water and drainage" (Continuing the theme of "how is it you became a Laindoner?")
Lovely Laindon (Part 3)
"The dangers of cross infection." (Continuing the theme of "how is it you became a Laindoner?")
Lovely Laindon (Part 4)
"A Family Moves" (Continuing the theme of "how is it you became a Laindoner?")
Lovely Laindon (Part 5)
"A Question of What's in the Mind" (Continuing the theme of "how is it you became a Laindoner?")
Lovely Laindon (Part 6)
"The Builders" (Continuing the theme of "how is it you became a Laindoner?")
Lovely Laindon (Part 7)
"A Road That Survived"
Robert Scott in Wheelchair Race
Wheelchair race for charity from Prince of Wales to the Crown Hotel Langdon Hills
History of Northumberland Avenue
Some history of the area encompassing Northumberland Avenue that is fondly remembered by Fred Taylor
A Mystery Solved?
The "missing" level crossing.
Laindon and District War Memorial
It is your opportunity to have your say as to where it should be relocated.
Laindon High Road School
More Photographs of its Destruction
Main Post Offices of Laindon
Standing outside the shop on a suitable day, with the wind in the North West quarter, it might be possible to spit on Laindon Station to justify any claims that the Andrew's shop was in spitting distance of the railway.
Photo Album
They kept the Community in touch but who, why and when?
Radio Fever Grips Laindon
An early attempt to get Laindon listening.
Travel from the Old Fortune towards Laindon Common
A short video taken from the passenger seat of a Bond three wheeler
New Housing In Laindon
Planners and Architects idea of the way forward in housing!