Lee Chapel, Essex

The name "Lee" is Anglo Saxon and means 'woodland clearing',^[2] the chapel part comes from a medieval 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. In 1894, Lee Chapel became part of Billericay Rural District, in 1935 it became part of Billericay Urban District, on 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished to form Billericay.^[5] At the 1931 census (the last before the abolition of the parish), Lee Chapel had a population of 882.^[6] In 1955, Lee Chapel became part of Basildon Urban District. In 1974, Lee Chapel became part of Basildon non-metropolitan district in the non-metropolitan county of Essex.