| Ramsden Bellhouse | |
|---|---|
 St. Mary the Virgin, Ramsden Bellhouse | |
  Ramsden Bellhouse Location within Essex | |
| Population | 730 [1] |
| OS grid reference | TQ721943 |
| • London | 27 miles (43 km) WSW |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BILLERICAY |
| Postcode district | CM11 |
| Dialling code | 01268 |
| Police | Essex |
| Fire | Essex |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Ramsden Bellhouse is a village and civil parish in Essex in the east of England. It is in the Borough of Basildon and in the parliamentary constituency of Billericay.
The River Crouch flows through Ramsden Bellhouse, flowing under Church Road. [2]
During the Middle Ages, Roger fitzReinfrid, a royal justice, held land at Ramsden Bellhouse, and later granted the church to Lesnes Abbey in north Kent. [3]
Its full Domesday Book entry from 1086 reads (in modern translation):
Ramesdana / -duna: William from Bishop of London; 2 men-at-arms from Bishop of Bayeux; Osbern from Hugh de Montfort; Robert Gernon and Ansketel from him; Humphrey from Ranulf, brother of Ilger. Mill, 4 beehives
— Domesday Book [4]
River Crouch passing under Church Road.
