History of Great Burstead
Feature articles
How inhabitants of the sleepy village of Great Burstead were suddenly thrust into the front line of the First World War when a Zeppelin crashed in their fields. >>more
White's Directory of Essex 1848
BURSTEAD, (GREAT) or Great Burghsted, is a pleasant scattered village, near the head of the river Crouch, from >>more.
White's Directory of Essex 1848 - list of inhabitants.
Post Office Directory of Essex 1874
Post Office Directory of Essex 1874 - list of inhabitants.
More local history sources
Books featuring Great Burstead from Abebooks. Just click the logo. The search terms are already formatted for Great Burstead.
Search for Great Burstead census returns at ancestry.co.uk.
1841 England Census | 1851 England Census
| 1861 England Census
1871 England Census | 1881 England Census
| 1891 England Census
1901 England Census
The Essex Record Office: an excellent starting point for research. The ERO has an online catalogue by the name of SEAX and a database of Parish Records held in the ERO. Access to both via their home page.
The history of Great Burstead is closely tied to the history of Billericay.
1881 Ordnance Survey Map from the British History Online web site (Essex: 068, Ordnance Survey 1:10,560: Epoch 1.0).
Ordnance Survey - type the place name in the gazetteer search box to view detailed map of Great Burstead.
Images of England web site which has a photographic record of England's listed buildings - from the grandest house to the humblest cottage. Enter the town or village in the search box. Photographs are accompanied by a detailed architectural description of the property.
