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Sidcup

Sidcup, Bexley A primarily 1930s suburb situated between Chisle­hurst and Bexley Sidcup’s name was first recorded in 1254 (as Cetecopp) and is derived from Old…

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Erith

Erith, Bexley A fast-growing and rela­tively afford­able Thames Gateway district situated east of Belvedere and across the river from Rainham Marshes A forest estab­lished itself…

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Slade Green

Slade Green, Bexley The east­ern­most settle­ment in London south of the Thames, situated north of Barnes Cray This was formerly the manor of Howbury, recorded…

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Barnes Cray

Barnes Cray, Bexley An indus­trial and working-class resi­den­tial outpost of Crayford, located to the north-west of Dartford, Kent This was said to have been the…

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Foots Cray

Foots Cray, Bexley A commer­cial and resi­den­tial area located beside the River Cray in south-east Sidcup Archae­ol­o­gists have found evidence of the delib­erate burning of…

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Belvedere

Belvedere, Bexley A diverse indus­trial and resi­den­tial district rising inland from the Thames north-west of Erith Belvedere social club, photographed in 2005 From the mid-17th century…

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Demographics

…wards in boroughs like Havering, Bexley and Bromley had a 90 or even 95 per cent white British compo­si­tion in 2001. Now, no ward in…

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Chislehurst

…‘lost’ to Bexley when the London boroughs were reor­ga­nized in 1965. Chisle­hurst Caves, off Old Hill, are a disused chalk mine with several miles of passageways…

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Projected population growth

…Barking and Dagenham 206,934 244,139 +18.0% Barnet 388,416 441,372 +13.6% Bexley 245,181 273,647 +11.6% Brent 330,770 362,949 +9.7% Bromley 328,715 368,606 +12.1% Camden 248,472 280,730…

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