Have you ever wondered about the origin of your street name?
Or who was the first Mayor of Bexley Urban District Council? Do you know the history of your town? Whilst most of the development of our area took place in the twentieth century some parts can trace their history back to the Palaeolithic period.
- A brief history of Bexley (PDF, 101KB)
- The prehistory of Bexley (PDF, 95KB)
- Prehistory in the Belvedere region (PDF, 97KB)
- Prehistoric Crayford (PDF, 97KB)
- Erith and its prehistory (PDF, 93KB)
- The prehistory of the North Cray area (PDF, 95KB)
- The Bexley area in the Domesday Book (PDF, 124KB)
- Origins of street and place names in Bexley (PDF, 297KB)
- Victorian chronology (PDF, 131KB)
- The Victorian Era in Bexley (PDF, 110KB)
- Population growth since 1801 (PDF, 152KB)
- Mayors of Bexley Borough Council (PDF, 94KB)
- Barnehurst (PDF, 102KB)
- Belvedere (PDF, 102KB)
- Bexleyheath (PDF, 112KB)
- The early history of Bexleyheath (PDF, 133KB)
- Blackfen (PDF, 109KB)
- Blendon (PDF, 107KB)
- Crayford (PDF, 112KB)
- Erith (PDF, 117KB)
- Falconwood (PDF, 103KB)
- Lamorbey (PDF, 106KB)
- North Cray (PDF, 113KB)
- Northumberland Heath (PDF, 111KB)
- Sidcup (PDF, 106KB)
- Thamesmead (PDF, 145KB)