Langdon Hills
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| Langdon Hills | |
  Langdon Hills shown within Essex |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| District | Basildon |
| Shire county | Essex |
| Region | East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BASILDON |
| Postcode district | SS16 |
| Dialling code | 01268 |
| Police | Essex |
| Fire | Essex |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| European Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | Basildon |
| List of places: UK • England • Essex | |
Langdon Hills is a town located in the Basildon district of Essex, England. It is contiguous with the Basildon conitinuous urban area.
It is located south of Laindon railway station on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. It is the location of the 400 acre Langdon Hills Country Park, which is in the unitary authority of Thurrock.[1] In 1767, Arthur Young commented on the view from Langdon Hills
"…near Horndon , on the summit of a vast hill, one of the most astonishing prospects to be beheld, breaks almost at once upon one of the dark lanes. Such a prodigious valley, everywhere painted with the finest verdure, and intersected with numberless hedges and woods, appears beneath you, that it is past description; the Thames winding thro’ it, full of ships and bounded by the hills of Kent. Nothing can exceed it…"[2]
North of the railway station and line, in Basildon district, is Laindon. Laindon and Langdon Hills are part of the Basildon post town.[3]
Until its abolition in 1936, when it became part of the Thurrock Urban District, Langdon Hills was a civil parish. It is frequently confused with the neighbouring parish of Laindon.
In 1931 it covered an area of 1,816 acres and had a population of 2,103. 100 years earlier, in 1831, the population was 224 and the area covered was 1,850 acres.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Thurrock BC - Langdon Hills Country Park
- ^ Arthur Young, A Six Weeks' Tour through the Southern Counties of England and Wales
- ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
- ^ Vision of Britain - Langdon Hills parish (historic map)
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