Laindon

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Laindon
Laindon shown within Essex
OS grid reference	TQ676888
District	Basildon
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BASILDON
Postcode district	SS15
Dialling code	01268
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
European Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	Billericay
List of places: UK • England • Essex

Coordinates: 51°34′26″N 0°25′05″E / 51.574, 0.4181

Laindon is a town located in the west of the Basildon district of Essex, England.

It is located north of Laindon railway station on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. South of the railway station and line, in Thurrock, is Langdon Hills. Laindon and Langdon Hills are part of the Basildon post town.^[1]

Until its abolition in 1937, there was a Laindon parish. In 1931 it covered an area of 2,049 acres and had a population of 4,552. 100 years earlier, in 1831, the population was 412 and the area covered was 4,680 acres.^[2] Three detachments of the parish were removed in 1880 and 1889.

To the south-west of Laindon, the Dunton Plotlands was an area of small plots of land used as weekend cottages or smallholdings during the mid twentieth century.

[edit] References

1. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
2. ^ Vision of Britain - Laindon parish (historic map)

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