RESEARCH DOCUMENTS

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Research pamphlets

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Basildon Borough

• A History of Basildon Borough in 25 Objects

• Basildon Borough's Cricket Clubs

• Basildon Borough's Football Clubs

• Borough Farms

• Borough Pubs

• Basildon's Train Stations

• Haunted Borough

• Post Boxes (Queen Victoria, George V and George VI post boxes)

• Roll of Honour (1914-18 Roll of Honour for Basildon Borough)

• Witches of Basildon Borough

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Basildon

• Nathanial Woodard

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North Benfleet

• Did Jack the Ripper visit North Benfleet?

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Vange

• The Barge

• The Bull

• Vange Army Camp

• Vange Barges

• Vange Brickworks

• Vange Fire Brigade

• Vange Hall Cottages

• Vange Primary School

• Vange Reservoir

• Vange Well No. 5

• Wager Dairies

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Related Local Research

• The Ancient Hamlet of Peasdown

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Bound Newspapers

Basildon Heritage holds a number of bound local newspapers that researchers can arrange to view.

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Basildon News

• 1960

• 1961

• 1962

• 1963

• 1964

• 1965

• 1966

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Basildon Recorder

• 1954

• 1955

• 1961

• 1962

• 1963

• 1964

• 1965

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Basildon Standard

• 1956

• 1958

• 1959

• 1960

• 1961

• 1962

• 1963

• 1964

• 1965

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Essex and Thurrock Gazette

• 1946

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Laindon Recorder

• 1930-31

• 1931

• 1941

• 1944 (Peter Sloper)

• 1947 (Peter Sloper)

• 1956

• 1957

• 1958

• 1959

• 1960

• 1961

• 1962

• 1963

• 1964

• 1965

• 1966

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• 1967

• 1968

• 1969

• 1970

• 1971

• 1972

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Southend-on-Sea District Recorder (Basildon)

• 1955 (Jul-Dec Laindon)

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Southend and County Pictorial

• 1945

• 1946

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Southend Standard

• 1974

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Wickford Times

• 1946

• 1947

• 1948

• 1949

• 1952

• 1954

• 1957

• 1959

• 1962

• 1964

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