Say No to the development of open space

Peaceful, contemplative areas for visitors and for encouraging and interpreting wildlife in the churchyard.

In the News once Again: the Meadows North of Dry Street (Otherwise known as the Dry Street Meadows)

It is your opportunity to have your say as to where it should be relocated.

The minimal facts

Anybody that has been acquainted with Laindon over the last 80 years will no doubt have come across Cliff Parkinson

The Residents of Laindon and Langdon Hills, Essex. Tender to Your Majesty their Loyal and Affectionate Greetings on the occasion of your Coronation.

My family moved to Laindon in 1916. I was thirteen years of age and the war was by now becoming truly frightening.

The opening of Laindon Station was the initial driving force in the development of Laindon

This school provided education for the children of our community for nearly 50 years

A gathering for families saddened by the changes in Laindon since the early 50s

East Horndon (later renamed West Horndon when the authorities realised that their geography was wrong)

The house is no longer a farm house but the farm is still in existance

Both houses over the past 100 years would have had many tenants but York Villa had a special tenant who is still remembered to day with great affection 'Doctor Chowdhary'.

This building is comparatively new dating to the 1970's

Laindon and Basildon British Legion branch officially moved into their new home

This is a Grade II listed, late 1700s timber frame and plastered house with an earlier core

During our short life we have organised The Basildon 5K for 6 years and 1mile Fun Run for the past 2 years, these in aid of Little Haven's Children's Hospice.

Built in our hour of need and now returned to farmland

September 3rd 1939 was not an ordinary Sunday. Church bells rang and some people went to a Service but most folk stayed at home waiting to hear the worst.

Many of the newcomers, or 'plotland pioneers', came 'down the line' from East London area and they were seeking something different. So from the about 1905 through to the mid 1920s a number of small mission halls sprung up.

Ivy Powell (Neé Hymas) Clearly remembers the day the Second World War, was declared

I lived in a Plotland bungalow named 'Westholme' in Sidney Road off Victoria Road Laindon

A Laindon Girl

A comedian and King of the one Liners

BasOP - the society for musical theatre in Basildon

Stretching from Basildon Golf Course to the Dunton Road, Langdon Hills is a very good stronghold for one of Britain's favourite mammals, the badger.

Joy has lived in Billericay since 1971, however like many people she still remembers Laindon with great affection.

Lady Chimney Sweep during 1st WORLD WAR. Buried at St Nicholas Church

William was born at the Rectory at Laindon in 1841

'The finest prospect: in all England'