Lee Chapel
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| Lee Chapel | |
| Essex | |
|---|---|
 Lee Chapel | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ696878 |
| Location: | 51°33’50"N, -0°26’46"E |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | SS16 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Basildon |
Lee Chapel, otherwise known as East Lee or East Ley[1] is an area of Basildon, in Essex. It is about eleven miles from Chelmsford.
History
The name "Lee" is Anglo-Saxon and means 'woodland clearing',[2] the chapel part comes from a mediæval chapel. Lee Chapel was recorded in the Domesday Book as Lea.[3] Lee Chapel was formerly an extra-parochial tract,[4] in 1858 it became a civil parish. At the 1931 census (the last before the abolition of the parish), Lee Chapel had a population of 882.[5] In 1955 Lee Chapel became part of Basildon.
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References
- ↑ Information on Lee Chapel from GENUKI
- ↑ "Lee Chapel". Laindon and District Community Archive. https://www.laindonhistory.org.uk/content/category/areas_and_places/lee-chapel. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
- ↑ Essex L-O: The Domesday Book Online
- ↑ "History of Lee Chapel, in Basildon and Essex". A Vision of Britain through Time. https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6780. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
- ↑ "Population statistics Lee Chapel Parish (CP/ExP) through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10242836/cube/TOT_POP. Retrieved 27 February 2026.