Pitsea
Sign in to savePitsea is a suburban town forming the eastern part of Basildon in Essex, England. Pitsea was historically a separate village and parish. Pitsea was a small village until the first half of the 20th century, when it saw significant plotlands development. In 1949 the village was included in the designated area for the new town of Basildon, since when the area has seen further extensive development. It now forms part of the built up area of Basildon.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Pitsea
- UK place.static_image_name
- TSB Bank, Pitsea - geograph.org.uk - 7270314.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Bank on The Broadway in the centre of Pitsea
- UK place.shire_district
- Basildon
- UK place.shire_county
- Essex
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South Basildon and East Thurrock
- UK place.post_town
- BASILDON
- UK place.postcode_district
- SS13
- UK place.postcode_area
- SS
- UK place.dial_code
- 01268
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ735885
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Pitsea is a suburban town forming the eastern part of Basildon in Essex, England. Pitsea was historically a separate village and parish. Pitsea was a small village until the first half of the 20th century, when it saw significant plotlands development. In 1949 the village was included in the designated area for the new town of Basildon, since when the area has seen further extensive development. It now forms part of the built up area of Basildon.
==History== The name Pitsea comes from ey, which in the Anglian dialect of Old English meant an island (in the sense of an area of dry land surrounded by marsh), coupled with the name of a person called Pic or Pit. The name therefore means Pic's island.