Baker Street, Essex

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51°30′N 0°20′E / 51.50°N 00.34°E / 51.50; 00.34

Baker Street is an area of Orsett in the unitary authority of Thurrock. It is in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. In 2019 it had an estimated population of 598.[1]

Description

Reaney[2] suggests the name is derived from William Bakere de Luggestreet.

It is known locally because of the surviving windmill. The windmill is said to have been built in the 17th century and ceased working in 1911. It is now a private house.[3]

Baker Street as it appeared on the 1777 Chapman & Andre map of Essex

Notes

  1. ^ "Baker Street". City Population De. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  2. ^ PH Reaney, The Place-Names of Essex (CUP, 1969)
  3. ^ Historic England. "BAKER STREET WINDMILL (498135)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 10 October 2015.


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