- Great Burstead
infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 51.604
longitude= 0.445
official_name= Great Burstead
population =
shire_district= Basildon
shire_county=Essex
region= East of England
constituency_westminster= Billericay
post_town=Billericay
postcode_district= CM11 2
postcode_area=CM
dial_code= 01277
os_grid_reference= TQ679922Great Burstead (pronEng|ɡreɪt ˈbɝstɛd) is a village in
Essex ,England . It is situated to the south ofBillericay .By tradition, the origins of the church at Great Burstead are linked to St Cedd around 653; he was a missionary monk, trained by the Celtic Saint Aidan at Lindisfarne. Cedd's original chapel at
Bradwell-juxta-Mare can still be visited. It is understood that at first he set up his wayside preaching cross by a well near the road between Tilbury (another of his establishments) and Chelmsford, having led to faith in Christ Ebba,the Thane of Great Burstead. However, it is also reputed that the East Saxon King Sebert (d616ad) was buried nearby, a convert under the earlier Christian mission of Bishop Mellitus, the area first having been settled by the East Saxons around 527ad; Cedd subesquently became bishop. Later, around 680ad, the cross was replaced with a building in wood by the Thane, Edwy, perhaps dedicated by Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury.Great Burstead was part of the Barnstaple hundred [ [http://essex1841.com/barnstable_hundred.shtmlEssex 1841 census] Barnstaple hundred] , and in 1841 had a populus of 884 persons spread over 3620 acres of land. The complete census can be viewed, as can a listing of many of the historical public houses. [ [http://londonpublichouse.com/essexpubs/GreatBurstead/greatburstead.shtml Essex Public Houses] historical public houses.]
The Great Burstead parish, abolished 1934, also covered Billericay. [ [http://vision.edina.ac.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10235728 Vision of Britain] - Great Burstead parish ( [http://vision.edina.ac.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10235728&c_id=10001043 historic map)] . Retrieved
9 November 2006 . ] The parish formed part of theBillericay Rural District from 1894 andBillericay Urban District from 1934. The district was renamedBasildon Urban District in 1955 and became part of the present-day Basildon district in 1974.The village has South Green as its main shopping district.
Great Burstead has a successful cricket team who were formed in 1956 and who currently play at Hannikins Farm
ee also
*
Little Burstead References
External links
* [http://www.visionwebsites.co.uk/Contents/Text/Index.asp?SiteId=53&SiteExtra=14329089&TopNavId=62&NavSideId=384 Great Burstead & South Green Parish Council]
* [http://www.greatburstead.freewire.co.uk/ Great Burstead Church]
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