|
High Road, Vange, Shops & Properties - South Side (2) |
| Shops, houses, businesses & public
buildings between London Road and Riverton Drive |
| Number | Shop/House Name |
Business - Property Type | Open/Built
approx. |
Closed
Demolished
Still Exists
approx. |
| 74 | H. Mills (Harry Mills) (Mrs. ? Mills)
(Florrie Mills (daughter))
K. Brock & Son (Ken Brock)
(and at 428 Whitmore Way, Fryerns) | Fruiterer, greengrocer and flower seller
Hardware, mowers, carpet sweepers etc.
Detached property
Residence |
c.1929
c.1965 | 1960s
c.1974 |
| Shops, houses, businesses & public
buildings between Riverton Drive and Thamesville Drive |
| 72 | No property associated with number. |
| 70 | No property associated with number. |
| 68 | The Top Boot Shop - Boot Repairs E.A. Kightly
L.M. Tew
(Horace Harold Tew)
(Lucy M. Tew) | Bespoke Bootmaker (Edward Archibald Kightly)
Shoe repairs (also at Pitsea and Thundersley)
Semi-detached house with No. 66. |
c.1930s
Pre-1949 | 1940s
-- |
| 66 | S. Relph (Samuel Relph)
G.E. Conduit (George E. Conduit)
(relocated: 465 Clay Hill Road, Vange) | Chemist (also at High Road, Laindon)
Chemist
Semi-detached house with No. 68.
Upper flat residence |
c.1946
1949 | 1949
1970s |
| 64 |
Robinson Hales & Co. Ltd.
Mansons | Sweet shop?
?
Tobacconist & confectioner
C.V. Mann resident 1956/62.
Semi-detached house with No. 62. |
Pre-1947
1947
Pre/06/1956 | --
--
c.1974 |
| 62 | (Mr Rose)
Kingston Smith (William John Smith)
D. Royce (Douglas Royce)
Peters Hair Fashions | Haberdashery
Haberdashery (Cash Draper)
Hairdresser (still trading /10/1965)
Hairdresser
Semi-detached house with No. 64. |
--
Pre-1949
c.1964
c.1970 | --
--
--
c.1974 |
| 60 | Bareham's (Samson Bareham)
Vange Radio & Electrical Co. (Speirs Bros.)
Hickley's | General Dealer
Agent for Murphy, Pilot, Invicta Radios and Televisions
Domestic Electrical Dealer
Detached single storey wooden shop. |
Pre-1949
Pre/06/1956
c./02/1960 | --
c.1960
Post /01/1964 |
| 58 | Unknown
Samson Bareham, Joseph Bareham | Resident
Furniture Dealer
End terrace (4 of 4), house residence |
c.1900s
1947 | --
1970s |
| 56 | | Mid terrace (3 of 4), house residence |
c.1900s | -- |
| 54 | Residence
Basildon & Vange Old People's Welfare Committee Clubhouse | Mid terrace (2 of 4), house residence |
c.1900s
02/04/1960 | --
-- |
| 52 | H.C. English (Herbert Charles English)
Kemp A. Abbott
Kemp's Stores (H.R. Kemp, R.O. Kemp, E.S. Kemp)
Howard's Dairies
Dowdall & Jordan (and from /05/1970 at Gibcracks, Barstable)
(Ted Dowdall & Vic Jordan) | Post Office & Provisions
Post Office & Provisions
Post Office & Provisions
Dairy Produce
Upholstery Showroom
End terrace (1 of 4), upper residence |
Pre/09/1917
--
--
Pre/06/1958
/02/1971 | --
--
--
c.1970
1970s |
| Shops, houses, businesses & public
buildings between Thamesville Drive and Whytewater Avenue |
| Central Hall | Hall for social events.
Site was later cleared and remained undeveloped. |
c.1900s | Demolished Pre-1948 |
| 48 | Highways
J.H. Seely - Cash Butcher
(Jess G.H. Seely)
(and at 459 Clay Hill Road, Vange from c./02/1964) | Butcher
Butcher
Semi-detached house with No. 46.
Upper residence |
c.1920s
1934 | 1934
c.1967
Demolished c.1968 |
| 46 | Weeks (Mr. & Mrs. Weeks)
The Wool Shop (P.B. White) (& at Broadway, Pitsea)
Greens Stores (Ilford) Ltd. | Fish and Greengrocery shop
Wool shop
Foodstore with branches throughout Essex
Semi-detached house with No. 48.
Upper residence |
c.1930s
c.1940s
c.1948 | c.1940s
c.1948
c.1968
Demolished c.1968 |
| 38 | F.C. Daniel (Frederick Cecil Daniel)
Bedwell Bros. (Leonard John Bedwell) | Corn Merchant, Ironmonger, Grocer
Menswear Outfitters & Shoes
Residence |
c.1908
1947 | Post /04/1930
Post /10/1963 |
| Shops, houses, businesses & public
buildings between Whytewater Avenue and Riverview Road |
| 36 | W. George
Steward's (William J. Steward)
L.E. Newton Ltd. | Confectioner & Tobacco, Car & Cycles agent
Confectioner, Tobacconist, Newsagent & Toys
Shell Petrol, Radio and Television (sales & repairs)
Steward's under the managership of Jack Shepard would later open shops at 7 Southend Road, Wickford, 223 Timberlog Lane (02/03/1955), 402 Whitmore Way (/06/1958), 47 East Walk (26/11/1958*), 32 Southernhay (c./10/1959) and 1 - 9 East Square (1959*) Basildon until 1965*.
Upper residence |
Pre-1931
Pre-1949
Pre/06/1955 | --
--
Post /05/1959 |
34
The Parade | Wheatsheaf Stores (H. Simmonds) (& at 42 High Road, Laindon)
Vange Corn Stores (Frank Archibald Smith) (Albert Plummer)
Midland Bank | Corn, Flour and Seed Merchant
Corn, Flour and Seed Merchant
Bank
Upper residence |
1937
1947
1960s | 1947
1950s
1970s |
32
The Parade | E.J. Cattle & Sons (Edwin J. Cattle Snr.)
The Wool Shop | Fishmongers
Wool
Upper residence |
1947
1950s | --
-- |
30
The Parade | Ministry of Labour and National Service (relocated: 45 Bowlers Croft, Nevendon) | Employment Exchange
Upper residence |
1950s | /08/1965 |
28
The Parade | Ministry of Labour and National Service (relocated: 45 Bowlers Croft, Nevendon) | Employment Exchange
Upper residence |
1950s | /08/1965 |
26
The Parade | Ministry of Labour and National Service (relocated: 45 Bowlers Croft, Nevendon)
Doctor's Surgery | Employment Exchange
Dr. G.W.E. Walker, medical practitioner
Upper residence |
1950s
1960s | /08/1965
1970s |
24
The Parade | Frances
J.H. Bews (James H. Bews) (& from 02/1959 at 2 South Walk, Basildon Town Centre & from /10/1966 at 11 Radford Way, Billericay) | Ladies Hairdresser
Florist. Formerly traded at Pitsea market from 1950-1953.
Upper residence |
--
1953 | --
c.1962 |
| 22 | H.C. Turner (Herbert Charles Turner)
Buranden Manufacturing Co.
Bell Cleaners & Dyers
R. Stonell
L. Moss Ltd.
G. Welford-Giddings, F.A.D.O.
(late of 127 Timberlog Lane, Vange) (relocated: 1 Tudor Chambers, Station Lane, Pitsea) | Draper, General Stores
Unknown business
Dry Cleaners (& at Laindon & Wickford)
Hardware, Glassware, China, Furniture & Timber Supplies
--
Medical Eye Centre (dispensing opticians)
Single-storey shop
Residence |
Pre-1949
1949
/03/1952
c.1955
c.1957
c./08/1962 | c.1952
1960s
c.1955
c.1957
--
c.1974 |
| Shops, houses, businesses & public
buildings between Riverview Road and Freshwater Drive |
| 10 | | Residence |
c.1918 | -- |
8
Oscroft | Residence | Henry W. Rawlings (1949)
Rosina J. Rawlings
William J. Rawlings
C.P.O. 11/08/1972 |
-- | c.1972 |
| Vange & Pitsea Fire Station | Essex County Fire Brigade Garage |
1936 | -- |
| Shops, houses, businesses & public
buildings between Freshwater Drive and Riverview |
| 6 | Ministry of Labour and National Service
Inland Revenue | Custom & Excise
House residence
C.P.O. 11/08/1972 |
1935 | post 1967 |
| 4? | The Busy Bee Cafe | Cafe
Single storey building |
-- | post 1967 |
| | Evelin Bros. (Ernest Evelin) (Reginald Evelin)
W. Bundy & Sons Ltd. (Bill Bundy) (late of Holly Cottage, Fairview Road, Basildon) | Garage (Est. 1920)
Garage, haulage contractor and second hand car dealer |
1920s
1969 | --
c.1974 |
| Vange & Pitsea Working Mans Club | Working Mans Club
A 'British Restaurant' operated here from 15/12/1941. |
/07/1927 | Open |
| Vange Service Station | Petrol station and car repairs (Regent)
Vange Self-Drive Co. (1970s) |
Pre-1949 | c.1990s
Demolished |
Coco Markus Centre - P.D.S.A.
(People's Dispensary for Sick Animals) | Animal Surgery
Built on the site of Vange service station. |
20/06/2003 | Open |
| -- | Tower Radio | Household electrical appliances |
1970s | 2015 |
| -- | Tower Cafe (J. Thompson)
Basildon Development Corporation
Tower Cafe (Geoffrey V. Thompson)
Basildon Association for the Visually Handicapped and Deaf | Cafe
Estates department and housing rent office
Cafe
Training & rehabiliation centre |
Pre 1947
1954
1960s
24/04/1981 | 1954
Post 1964
1970s
1980s |
| -- | Valerie Lodge Day Centre | Basildon Mind (Support for mental distress) |
c.1980s | 22/06/2015
Demolished 2020s |
| 1 - 10 | Valerie House | Basildon Council residential properties, comprised of seven one bedroom flats and three two bedroom flats built on the site of Valerie Lodge. |
2023 | -- |
| Shops, houses, businesses & public
buildings between Riverview and Chestnut Road |
The Perfecto Health Club
Proprietor: Harry Rothery | Fitness health centre, outdoor heated swimming pool, sauna, solarium, sun beds, salon and licensed bars (entrance in Riverview) |
01/03/1971 | 1980s |
| The Chestnut Centre | Hall (available for hire, hire charge payable to Basildon Development Corporation)
Playgroup
Majorette rehearsals
|
Pre-1973 | Pre /02/1988 |
