Ramsden Bellhouse is a village and civil parish in Essex in the east of England. It is in the Borough of Basildon and in the parliamentary constituency of Billericay.
| Ramsden Bellhouse | |
|---|---|
 St. Mary the Virgin, Ramsden Bellhouse | |
  Ramsden Bellhouse Location within Essex | |
| Population | 730 [1] |
| OS grid reference | TQ721943 |
| • London | 27 miles (43 km) WSW |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BILLERICAY |
| Postcode district | CM11 |
| Dialling code | 01268 |
| Police | Essex |
| Fire | Essex |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
The River Crouch flows through Ramsden Bellhouse, flowing under Church Road.[2]
During the Middle Ages, Roger fitzReinfrid, a royal justice, held land at Ramsden Bellhouse, and later granted the church to Lesnes Abbey in north Kent.[3]
Its full Domesday Book entry from 1086 reads (in modern translation):
Ramesdana / -duna: William from Bishop of London; 2 men-at-arms from Bishop of Bayeux; Osbern from Hugh de Montfort; Robert Gernon and Ansketel from him; Humphrey from Ranulf, brother of Ilger. Mill, 4 beehives
— Domesday Book[4]
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River Crouch passing under Church Road.
See also
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edit- ^ "Area selected: Basildon (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ^ "Essex Explorer". Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ^ Keats-Rohan, K. S. B. (1999). Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents, 1066–1166: Pipe Rolls to Cartae Baronum. Ipswich, United Kingdom: Boydell Press. p. 942. ISBN 0-85115-863-3.
- ^ "The Domesday Book Online - Essex P-S".
External links
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