Items to order
We have many books on the history of the area and maps. If you wish to order and purchase a map or book please contact us at archives@bexley.gov.uk
Books for sale
| Title | Price |
|---|---|
| Along the River Cray: a pictorial history of the Cray Valley by Katherine Harding and Denise Baldwin | £8 |
| Bexley deneholes by R. F. Le Gear | £2 |
| The Bexley Heath phenomenon by J.C.M. Shaw | £1.50 |
| Blendon: from the earliest times by Roger Mayo | £6 |
| Boswell’s Bexley: a photographer’s view of the borough, 1890-1950 / by Penny Duggan | £18 |
| The Chronic inventor: the life and work of Hiram Stevens Maxim by J.E. Hamilton | £3.50 |
| Crayford: a history by E.O. Thomas | £9.50 |
| Discover Bexley and Sidcup by Darrell Spurgeon | £5 |
| Discover Erith and Crayford by Darrell Spurgeon | £5 |
| Foots Cray by Gertrude Nunns | £1.50 |
| Foster's Primary School by Bill Price | £2 |
| The History of Danson by Ruth Hutcherson | £1.50 |
| History of Erith: Part 1 by John Prichard | £1 |
| History of Erith: Part 2 by John Prichard | £1 |
| History of Erith: Part 4 by John Prichard | £1 |
| History of Erith: Part 5 Belvedere and Bostall by John Prichard | £1 |
| The House of broken fortunes by Oliver Wooller | £7.50 |
| Lost pubs of Bexley: pubs created after 1830 and since closed by Jim Packer | £7.95 |
| Medieval Bexley by F.R.H. Du Boulay | £2.50 |
| Memories of Erith and Crayford by Frances Sweeny | £5.50 |
| Over the road: East Wickham, Welling, Bexley and Crayford in old photographs by Mick Scott | £2.50 |
| Pluto: World War II's best-kept secret by Bob Knight, Harry Smith and Barry Barnett | £3.95 |
| The Roman settlement at Welling by Derek Garrod and Brian Philp | £3 |
| Slade Green and the Crayford Marshes by E.O. Thomas | £4 |
| The story of Barnehurst by E.O. Thomas | £2.50 |
| Under the road: archaeological discoveries at the Bronze Age Way, Erith by Maureen Bennell | £3 |
| Woodmen and fenmen: Blackfen's story by Penny Duggan | £9.50 |
Maps for sale
18th-century maps
| Title | Price |
|---|---|
| Bowen's Maps of Kent c1762 | £2 |
| Hasted's - Bromley, Beckenham and Ruxley (Bexley South) 1778 | 50p |
| Hasted's - Little and Lesness (Bexley North) 1778 | 50p |
| MOGG'S Twenty Four Miles Round London and Crystal Palace Excursion Map | £2 |
| Bexley Bomb Map | £1 |
| The hundreds of Blackheath, Bromley and Beckenham, Lesnes and Ruxley from Andrews, Dury and Herbert's map of Kent, 1769 | £1 |
Ordnance Survey maps 1862-1908
| Title | Price |
|---|---|
| Reprints of Ordnance Survey maps, published by Alan Godfrey - scale c.15” to 1 mile | |
| Barnehurst 1897 | £2.25 |
| Bexley 1870 | £2.25 |
| Bexley 1895 | £2.25 |
| Bexley 1908 | £2.25 |
| Bexley Heath 1862 | £2.25 |
| Bexleyheath (North) 1895 | £2.25 |
| Belvedere 1895 | £2.25 |
| Crayford 1907 | £2.25 |
| East Wickham and Welling 1862 | £2.25 |
| East Wickham and Welling 1894 | £2.25 |
| Erith 1864 | £2.25 |
| Lamorbey and North Sidcup 1895 | £2.25 |
| North Cray 1895 | £2.25 |
| Sidcup 1908 | £2.25 |
| North Woolwich 1869 | £2.25 |
| North Woolwich 1894 | £2.25 |