Basildon is a place.
Basildon [ ˈbæzɪldən ] is the largest town in the borough of Basildon in the county of Essex , England . It was created as a new town after World War II in 1948 to accommodate the London population overspill , from the conglomeration of four small villages , namely Pitsea , Laindon , Basildon and Vange . The new town which took the name Basildon was the most central of the four . The local government district of Basildon , which was formed in 1974 and received borough status in 2010 , encapsulates a larger area than the town itself ; the two neighbouring towns of Billericay and Wickford , as well as rural villages and smaller settlements set among the surrounding countryside , fall within its borders . Basildon is a civil parish in the English county of Berkshire .