Official Name: | Vange |
Static Image: | The Barge Public House, Vange - geograph.org.uk - 995977.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | The former Barge public house |
Coordinates: | 51.5601°N 0.4872°W |
Population: | 10,048 |
Population Ref: | (ward, 2011 Census) |
Os Grid Reference: | TQ725875 |
Shire District: | Basildon |
Shire County: | Essex |
Region: | East of England |
Country: | England |
Post Town: | BASILDON |
Postcode Area: | SS |
Postcode District: | SS16 |
Dial Code: | 01268 |
Constituency Westminster: | South Basildon and East Thurrock |
Vange is a village in the Borough of Basildon in Essex, England.[1] The village was first recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 as having a population of 27.[1] The London Road (B1464) is the main road through Vange and used to be part of the A13 until it was bypassed in the 1970s. The population of the Vange ward within the Basildon Borough taken at the 2011 Census was 10,048.[2]
Until 1 January 1937, Vange was a civil parish; It had a population of 2,300 in 1931.[3] [4]
Vange Hill Open Space is 30acres of former plotlands lying next to Basildon golf course.
Vange Marshes is a wetland habitat.
See main article: article and All Saints Church, Vange. The earliest parts of All Saints Church date from the late 12th century, with alterations from subsequent centuries. The last were in 1837. It is built of stone, flint and other masonry, with bands of brickwork alternating with tufa and rubble walling. A bellcote that was refashioned in 1816 adorns the roof at the west end of the church.