The London Borough of Bexley () is a
London borough in south-east
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
, forming part of
Outer London
Outer London is the name for the group of London boroughs that form a ring around Inner London. Together, the inner and outer boroughs form London, the capital city of the United Kingdom.
These were areas that were not part of the County of Londo ...
. It has a population of 248,287. The main settlements are
Sidcup,
Erith,
Bexleyheath,
Crayford,
Welling
Welling is an area of South East London, England, in the London Borough of Bexley, west of Bexleyheath, southeast of Woolwich and of Charing Cross. Before the creation of Greater London in 1965, it was in the historical county of Kent.
E ...
and
Old Bexley. The London Borough of Bexley is within the
Thames Gateway
Thames Gateway is a term applied to an area around the Thames Estuary in the context of discourse around regeneration and further urbanisation. The term was first coined by the UK government and applies to an area of land stretching east from ...
, an area designated as a national priority for
urban regeneration. The local authority is
Bexley London Borough Council.
History
Prior to the 19th century the area now forming the
borough
A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely.
History
In the Middle A ...
was sparsely populated: very few of the present settlements were mentioned in the
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...
, although the
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
of
Bexley
Bexley is an area of south-eastern Greater London, England and part of the London Borough of Bexley. It is sometimes known as Bexley Village or Old Bexley to differentiate the area from the wider borough. It is located east-southeast of Ch ...
has a charter dated
814 AD.
[A brief history of Bexley](_blank)
Erith was a port on the River Thames until the 17th century; the opening of the sewage works at nearby
Crossness
Crossness is a location in the London Borough of Bexley, close to the southern bank of the River Thames, to the east of Thamesmead, west of Belvedere and north-west of Erith. The place takes its name from Cross Ness, a specific promontory on the ...
in the late 19th century turned it into an industrial town.
Today's settlement pattern is the result of the gradual extension of the London influence. Until the 19th century it was an area with a few isolated buildings such as the
Georgian Danson House. With the coming of the railways building began apace, although the area is still composed of many disconnected settlements, interspersed with area of open ground and parks.
The London Borough of Bexley was formed in 1965, under the
London Government Act 1963
The London Government Act 1963 (c. 33) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which created Greater London and a new local government structure within it. The Act significantly reduced the number of local government districts in the ...
, from the
Municipal Boroughs of Bexley and
Erith;
Crayford Urban District; and part of
Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District
Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District was a local government district and civil parish in north west Kent, England from 1934 to 1965.
It was formed in 1934 from the former area of Chislehurst Urban District, Sidcup Urban District and part of B ...
. The council initially held meetings at Erith Town Hall before building new purpose-built Civic Offices on the south side of the Broadway, Bexleyheath in 1980. It established new
Civic Offices at the former headquarters of
The Woolwich
The Woolwich Equitable Building Society (later Woolwich Building Society or The Woolwich) was founded in Woolwich in 1847 and remained a local institution until after WWI when it began a modest regional expansion. This accelerated after WWII an ...
in 2014.
The council now styles itself the "London Borough of Bexley" in line with its formal name, although it previously styled itself "Bexley London Borough" until 1999 (possibly to maintain the link with its predecessor, Bexley Municipal Borough), and "Bexley Council" from 1999 to October 2007, when it reverted to its full formal name in conjunction with the adoption of a new Council logo bearing this name alongside the 1965 Coat of Arms.
Coat of arms
The
coat of arms
A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement, which in its ...
of the
borough
A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely.
History
In the Middle A ...
depicts symbols for the main rivers in the area, the Bexley Charter Oak, the industry and the
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
boundary
Boundary or Boundaries may refer to:
* Border, in political geography
Entertainment
* ''Boundaries'' (2016 film), a 2016 Canadian film
* ''Boundaries'' (2018 film), a 2018 American-Canadian road trip film
*Boundary (cricket), the edge of the pla ...
.
Governance
The administrative headquarters of the borough is at
Bexleyheath.
There are 17
wards represented on Bexley Council; each ward elects two or three councillors, 45 in all. The wards are shown on the accompanying map.
In the 2018 election, 34 Conservative and 11 Labour councillors were elected, resulting in the former holding the council. Since the 2018 election one Labour councillor has become an Independent.
Geography
Bexley, lying as it does on the outer fringe of London, has many relatively large areas of open space. The ridge of higher ground in South London crosses the Borough from its high point of
Shooters Hill, on the boundary with the Royal Borough of Greenwich, to end above the
River Thames
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at
Belvedere, where the land drops down to the old port of
Erith. This high land, whose geology is the sand and pebbles of the ''Blackheath beds'', and which results in
heathland, provided a natural course for the old
Roman road of
Watling Street, which ran between
Crayford and
Welling
Welling is an area of South East London, England, in the London Borough of Bexley, west of Bexleyheath, southeast of Woolwich and of Charing Cross. Before the creation of Greater London in 1965, it was in the historical county of Kent.
E ...
. The land falls away to the north of the high ground, across the Erith Marshes to the
River Thames
The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after the R ...
, which here makes a loop to the north at
Crossness
Crossness is a location in the London Borough of Bexley, close to the southern bank of the River Thames, to the east of Thamesmead, west of Belvedere and north-west of Erith. The place takes its name from Cross Ness, a specific promontory on the ...
. There is a further ridge of less higher ground from the west terminating at
Sidcup.
Apart from the River Thames the other rivers within the Borough are the
River Darent
The Darent is a Kentish tributary of the River Thames and takes the waters of the River Cray as a tributary in the tidal portion of the Darent near Crayford, as illustrated by the adjacent photograph, snapped at high tide. 'Darenth' is frequen ...
, which, with its tributary the
River Cray and the smaller ''Stanham River'', all form part of its north-eastern boundary; and the
River Shuttle
The River Shuttle is a small tributary of the River Cray in London, United Kingdom.
The river rises at two or more springs between Avery Hill and Eltham in the Royal Borough of Greenwich at the junction of the permeable Blackheath Beds and the ...
, a tributary of the Cray.
The major centres of settlement can be considered in two parts: the older established erstwhile villages; and the infill areas of suburban houses and centres. Among the former are
Erith, in the 17th century a port on the Thames, and an industrial town in the later 19th century;
Bexleyheath, created at the same time on the London to
Dover road. By the earlier 20th century, both were created
Urban District Councils (UDC), as was
Foots Cray
Foots Cray is an area of South East London, England, within the London Borough of Bexley, Greater London. Prior to 1965 it was in the historic county of Kent. It is located south-east of Sidcup.
History
It took its name from Godwin Fo ...
(an ancient village site).
Thamesmead, the "new town" built on what was the Erith Marshes, extends into the Borough: both Thamesmead North and South are located here.
Crayford was mentioned in the
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...
, and its parish later included the hamlets of
North End and
Slade Green.
Other settlements include
Welling
Welling is an area of South East London, England, in the London Borough of Bexley, west of Bexleyheath, southeast of Woolwich and of Charing Cross. Before the creation of Greater London in 1965, it was in the historical county of Kent.
E ...
, which has a higher population than Bexleyheath, a staging post on the Dover Road, which was at one time of less importance than the nearby
East Wickham
East Wickham is a district in south-east London, England, within the London Borough of Bexley. It is situated north of Welling, east of Shooter's Hill, south of Plumstead, south-west of Abbey Wood and west of West Heath, and east-southeast of ...
(also an ancient village), was absorbed in Bexley UDC.
Barnes Cray and
North Cray were two hamlets in the Cray Valley; and
Belvedere was the location of a medieval monastery.
The map of Bexley shows that a large proportion of its area comprises
suburbia. Some named places, like
Albany Park and
Barnehurst
Barnehurst is a town and electoral ward in South East London within the London Borough of Bexley. It lies north east of Bexleyheath, and 13.0 miles (20 km) east south-east of Charing Cross. It is separated from North Bexleyheath by the A2 ...
, are names given to developments engendered by the building of the railways. Some came into being when large estates and farmland were broken up for the sole purpose of suburban building: these include
Blackfen
Blackfen is an area of south-east London, England, north of Sidcup in the London Borough of Bexley. Prior to 1965 it was in the county of Kent.
"Blackfen" means a black, marshy area. The soil is dark and fertile and the area around Blackfen R ...
,
Lamorbey
Lamorbey is a district of South East London in the London Borough of Bexley, located north of Sidcup. It borders the Royal Borough of Greenwich. Significant buildings in the area are Holy Trinity Church, Lamorbey House and some of the original ...
and part of
Falconwood. Others simply reflect the nature of area:
Lessness Heath;
Longlands
Longlands is an area of South East London overlapping the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich. It lies north west of Sidcup and south east of Eltham.
Some old maps and records have the name as two words "Long Lands", and show it ...
(part of Sidcup);
Northumberland Heath
Northumberland Heath is an area of South East London, England within the London Borough of Bexley. It is located south of Erith and north of Bexleyheath.
History
The area was once known as Spike Island after the workhouse that was situated ther ...
and
West Heath.
The borough has boundaries with the
London Borough of Bromley to the south and the
Royal Borough of Greenwich
The Royal Borough of Greenwich (, , or ) is a London borough in southeast Greater London. The London Borough of Greenwich was formed in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. The new borough covered the former area of the Metropolitan Borough ...
to the west; across the
River Thames
The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after the R ...
to the north it borders the
London Borough of Havering and
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham () is a London borough in East London. It lies around 9 miles (14.4 km) east of Central London. It is an Outer London borough and the south is within the London Riverside section of the Thames ...
; there is a short boundary with the unitary authority of
Thurrock
Thurrock () is a unitary authority area with borough status and unparished area in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. It is part of the London commuter belt and an area of regeneration within the Thames Gateway redevelopment zone. The ...
in
Essex
Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Grea ...
to the northeast. There are boundaries with the
Borough of Dartford to the east and
Sevenoaks district
Sevenoaks is a local government district in west Kent, England. Its council is based in the town of Sevenoaks.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Sevenoaks Urban District, Sevenoaks Rural District and part of Dartford Ru ...
to the southeast, both in the
ceremonial county of
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
.
Open Spaces
Despite the suburbia mentioned above, there are still open spaces among the borough's streets and avenues. The Borough owns and maintains over one hundred parks and open spaces, large and small; and there is still a part of the
Erith Marshes bordering the River Thames. The Crayford Marshes lie to the east of that river, as do ''Foots Cray Meadows'' further south.
The largest of the open spaces are
Foots Cray Meadows,
Lesnes Abbey Woods,
Danson Park
Danson Park is a public park in the London Borough of Bexley, South East London, located between Welling and Bexleyheath. At 75 hectares, it is the second largest public park in the borough (the largest being Foots Cray Meadows at 100 hectares), ...
and
Hall Place Gardens. There are also many golf courses and sports fields, particularly to the west of Crayford.
Hall Place
Hall Place is a former stately home, today a Grade I listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument, beside the River Cray on the outskirts of Crayford, south-east of Bexleyheath and north-east of Old Bexley. It is situated just off the A223, Bourne Road, south of Watling Street (A207) and north of the
Black Prince
Edward of Woodstock, known to history as the Black Prince (15 June 1330 – 8 June 1376), was the eldest son of King Edward III of England, and the heir apparent to the English throne. He died before his father and so his son, Richard II, suc ...
interchange of the A2 Rochester Way with the A220.
The
house dates back to around 1540 when wealthy merchant
Sir John Champneys,
Lord Mayor of London
The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London and the leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign and retains various traditional pow ...
in 1534, built himself a country house. In 1649, the house was sold to another wealthy
City
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
merchant,
Sir Robert Austen (1587–1666), who added a second wing built of red bricks, doubling the size of the house.
Currently, the building houses a museum of local artefacts, and a history and tourist information centre. In the gardens there is a topiary lawn, herb garden, tropical garden and long herbaceous cottage garden-styled borders. The former walled gardens include a tropical house housing plants and a large vegetable garden. Model gardens have been created to show visitors how to make use of space in small urban gardens. Hall Place also has three galleries inside the house, presenting art exhibitions and museum displays.
Demographics
In 1801, the
civil parishes
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority. ...
that form the modern borough had a total population of 4,165. This rose slowly throughout the 19th century, as the district became built up; reaching 10,963 in the middle of the century. When the railways arrived the rate of
population growth increased. The population peaked in the 1970s, when industry began to relocate from London.
In the
2001 census, the borough had a population of 218,307; of whom 105,148 were male, and 113,159 female. Of the population, 44.3% were in full-time employment and 11.6% in part-time employment – compared to a London average of 42.6% and 8.6%, respectively. Residents were predominantly owner-occupiers, with 31.7% owning their house outright, and a further 46.5% owning with a mortgage. Only 2.2% were in
local authority housing, with a further 11.5% renting from a
housing association
In Ireland and the United Kingdom, housing associations are private, Non-profit organization, non-profit making organisations that provide low-cost "Public housing in the United Kingdom, social housing" for people in need of a home. Any budge ...
, or other registered social landlord.
The greater part of the population are nominal
Anglicans
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, but there are a number of
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
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* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
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churches and nonconformist congregations. In the 2001 Census, 22.7% of the area's population described themselves as
non-religious
Irreligion or nonreligion is the absence or rejection of religion, or indifference to it. Irreligion takes many forms, ranging from the casual and unaware to full-fledged philosophies such as atheism and agnosticism, secular humanism and ant ...
or chose not to state their faith.
Baptists,
Plymouth Brethren, and
Methodist
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's ...
s are among the other congregations. In 2008 the former Crayford Methodist Church was purchased by the North West Kent Muslim Association to become a mosque serving Bexley and Dartford boroughs.
In 2011, 58.1% of Bexley's population was between 20 and 64 years old, the lowest percentage in London. 16% of the population was over 65, the third highest behind
Bromley
Bromley is a large town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is south-east of Charing Cross, and had an estimated population of 87,889 as of 2011.
Originally part of Kent, Bromley became a market town, c ...
and
Havering
The London Borough of Havering () in East London, England, forms part of Outer London. It has a population of 259,552 inhabitants; the principal town is Romford, while other communities are Hornchurch, Upminster, Collier Row and Rainham. The ...
. The average household size is 2.49, up from 2.43 in 2001. The number of households increased by 3.52% to 92,600 between 2001 and 2011, one of the lowest increases in the capital.
In 2011, 62.5% of the borough's population identified themselves as Christian, with 24.1% having no religion. Both figures are above London's average.
The following table shows the ethnic group of respondents in the 2001 and 2011 census in Bexley.
Ethnicity
Transport
Roads and paths
The principal roads through the Borough include the
A2 trunk road; the
A20 (Sidcup By-pass) which generally marks its southern boundary; the
A207, which is the route of the erstwhile
Watling Street; the
A206
List of A roads in zone 2 in Great Britain starting south of the River Thames
The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the The Isis, River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the ...
which takes traffic from
Woolwich and
Dartford; and the latter's newer counterpart, the
A2016 through
Thamesmead.
There are also some
long-distance footpath
A long-distance trail (or long-distance footpath, track, way, greenway (landscape), greenway) is a longer recreational trail mainly through rural areas used for hiking, backpacking (wilderness), backpacking, cycling, horse riding or cross-cou ...
s in the Borough: among them the
Thames Path
The Thames Path is a National Trail following the River Thames from its source near Kemble in Gloucestershire to the Woolwich foot tunnel, south east London. It is about long. A path was first proposed in 1948 but it only opened in 1996.
The ...
and the
London Outer Orbital Path. Bexley Borough has joined with three other adjoining boroughs to for the
South East London Green Chain
The South East London Green Chain, also known as the Green Chain Walk, is a linked system of open spaces between the River Thames and Crystal Palace Park in London, England. In 1977 four London boroughs and the Greater London Council created ...
linking green spaces.
Rail
Bexley is not served by any
London Underground
The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or by its nickname the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in England.
The ...
,
Tramlink
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,
Docklands Light Railway
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or
London Overground
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services. However, since 2022
Elizabeth line
The Elizabeth line is a high-frequency hybrid urban–suburban rail service in London and its suburbs. It runs services on dedicated infrastructure in central London from the Great Western Main Line west of Paddington to and via Whitechapel ...
(
Crossrail
Crossrail is a railway construction project mainly in central London. Its aim is to provide a high-frequency hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system crossing the capital from suburbs on the west to east, by connecting two major railway l ...
) services utilise a terminus at
Abbey Wood
Abbey Wood is an area in south east London, England, straddling the border between the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Bexley. It is located east of Charing Cross.
Toponymy
The area takes its name from Lesnes Abbey Woo ...
, the entrance to which is in Bexley (due to the borough boundary passing through the site, the station's platforms sit within the
Royal Borough of Greenwich
The Royal Borough of Greenwich (, , or ) is a London borough in southeast Greater London. The London Borough of Greenwich was formed in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. The new borough covered the former area of the Metropolitan Borough ...
). There are various proposals to extend either the DLR or London Overground to Thamesmead. There are currently no plans to extend the London Underground into the borough, with the nearest current station being in
North Greenwich.
There are three suburban railway lines crossing the Borough which converge at
Dartford. The most northerly is the
North Kent Line, then the
Bexleyheath Line which runs through the centre of the borough and then finally the
Dartford Loop Line which runs furthest south. Abbey Wood and Slade Green are also served by
Thameslink trains.
The stations are:
*
Abbey Wood
Abbey Wood is an area in south east London, England, straddling the border between the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Bexley. It is located east of Charing Cross.
Toponymy
The area takes its name from Lesnes Abbey Woo ...
*
Albany Park
*
Barnehurst
Barnehurst is a town and electoral ward in South East London within the London Borough of Bexley. It lies north east of Bexleyheath, and 13.0 miles (20 km) east south-east of Charing Cross. It is separated from North Bexleyheath by the A2 ...
*
Belvedere
*
Bexley
Bexley is an area of south-eastern Greater London, England and part of the London Borough of Bexley. It is sometimes known as Bexley Village or Old Bexley to differentiate the area from the wider borough. It is located east-southeast of Ch ...
*
Bexleyheath
*
Crayford
*
Erith
*
Falconwood
*
Sidcup
*
Slade Green
*
Welling
Welling is an area of South East London, England, in the London Borough of Bexley, west of Bexleyheath, southeast of Woolwich and of Charing Cross. Before the creation of Greater London in 1965, it was in the historical county of Kent.
E ...
Modes of Travel
In 2019, the mode share in Bexley was reported as follows
According to a report from Transport for London, Bexley has the lowest overall active, efficient and sustainable mode shares of all the London Boroughs.
Education
Religion
Religious affiliation
The following Pie chart shows the religious affiliation of residents residing in Bexley.
Places of worship
Buildings with
Grade II listings (buildings of special interest warranting preservation) are marked with an
asterisk *
* All Saints' Church – near Foots Cray Meadows, building dates from c. 1330*
* Bethany Hall – Chapel Road, Bexleyheath, now a meeting house of the
Plymouth Brethren though originally a Methodist chapel
* Christ Church – in Erith, built in the 19th century, has a distinctive tower built by
J. P. St. Aubyn*
* The Greek Orthodox Church of Christ the Saviour – dates from the late 12th or early 13th century, in Welling*
* St James' Church – in North Cray, in a conservation area near Foots Cray Meadows, has foundations from the 12th century
* St John the Baptist Church – nearly a thousand years old, in Erith
* St Mary the Virgin Church (also called
Old Bexley Church) – in Bexley, dates back to the
Domesday Survey
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...
*
* St Paulinus' Church – built in the 12th century on earlier foundations, in Crayford
Public services
The London Borough of Bexley has three fire stations controlled by the
London Fire Brigade within its boundary: those at Erith, Sidcup and Bexley. Bexley fire station's ground is the largest of the three; covering 23.7 km
2.
Sport and leisure
The Borough has several
Non-League football clubs:
*
Welling United F.C., which play at Park View Road in Welling
*
Phoenix Sports F.C.
Phoenix Sports Football Club is an English football club located in Barnehurst, Kent. The club plays in the . Phoenix Sports spent most of its history in the Kent County Football League, with a six-year stint in the Spartan League in the lat ...
, which play at Phoenix Sports Ground in Barnehurst
*
VCD Athletic F.C. which play at The Oakwood, Old Road in Crayford
*
Welling Town F.C., who play at Bayliss Avenue, Thamesmead
*
Erith & Belvedere F.C., which play at Park View Road in Welling
*
Erith Town F.C., which play at Erith Stadium in Erith
Bexley RFC
Twinning
*
Évry, France
*
Arnsberg, Germany
*
Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Other places named Bexley
The town of
Bexley, Ohio
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, a suburb of the state capital,
Columbus, was named at the suggestion of an early resident, James Kilbourne, whose family's roots were in Bexley, England.
www.ohiohistorycentral.org
/ref> In addition, a suburb of Sydney, Australia bears the name of Bexley
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and a suburb of Christchurch
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, New Zealand is also called Bexley
Bexley is an area of south-eastern Greater London, England and part of the London Borough of Bexley. It is sometimes known as Bexley Village or Old Bexley to differentiate the area from the wider borough. It is located east-southeast of Ch ...
. These places outside England are named after the ancient village of Bexley.
References
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