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Businesses (24)
- Augustus Applegath, silk and calico printer Crayford, Kent
- Borax Consolidated Ltd, chemical manufacturers Belvedere, Kent
- British Oil and Cake Mills Ltd Bexley, Kent
- Bruce L Gibson, East Wickham Farm East Wickham, Kent
- Burt, Boulton and Haywood Ltd, timber merchants and chemical manufacturers
- David Evans & Co, silk printers Crayford, Kent
- DC Bowyer & Sons Ltd, builders Bexley, Kent
- Estmanco (Glimbsing Green) Ltd, housing estate management company, Erith Erith, Kent
- Fraser & Chalmers Engineering Works, steam turbine manufacturers Erith, Kent
- General Electric Company plc, manufacturers of electrical and electronic equipment London
- Henry Wilkinson, timber merchant Bristol, Gloucestershire
- Hurst Hill Dairy Bexley, Kent
- JD Langton & Passmore, solicitors, London London
- JH Everson, grocer Sidcup, Kent
- Keene Marsland, solicitors London
- Kentish District Times Co Ltd, newspaper Sidcup, Kent;Kent;Kent
- Kolster-Brandes Ltd, radio and telephone manufacturers Sidcup
- Penton & Dean, gentleman's outfitters Erith, Kent
- Porter & Cobb, estate agents Dartford, Kent
- Reffell's Bexley Brewery Ltd Bexley, Kent
- Stickland & Chandler, builders and contractors Belvedere, Kent
- Thomas W Jenkins, printer Bexleyheath, Kent
- Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, aircraft and armaments manufacturers, shipbuilders and engineers London;Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire;Weybridge, Surrey
- William A Funnell, builder Bexley, Kent
Organisations (208)
- Air Training Corps 74 (Erith and Crayford) Squadron Erith, Kent;Crayford, Kent
- All Saints parish, Belvedere Belvedere, Kent
- All Saints parish, Foots Cray Foots Cray, Kent
- All Saints Primary School, Belvedere Belvedere, Kent
- Amalgamated Engineering Union: Erith branch Erith, Kent
- Ancient and Accepted Freemasons of England: United Military Lodge No. 1536
- Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England: Erith Lodge, Saye and Sele chapter Erith, Kent
- Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England: Pattison Lodge No 913, Plumstead Plumstead, Kent
- Bakers Sports and Cricket Club, Crayford Crayford, Kent
- Barrington Primary School, Welling, Bexleyheath
- Bedonwell Primary School, Bexley Bexley, Kent
- Belvedere School Belvedere, Kent
- Bethany Hall Bexley, Kent
- Bexley and Bridgen National Schools Committee Bexley, Kent
- Bexley Arts Festival Bexley, Kent
- Bexley Borough Athletics Club Bexley, Kent
- Bexley Borough Council Bexley, Kent
- Bexley Borough Trades Council Bexley, Kent
- Bexley Civic Society Bexley, Kent
- Bexley Constituency Labour Party
- Bexley Consumer Group Bexley, Kent
- Bexley Cottage Hospital Bexley, Kent
- Bexley Fire Brigade Bexley, Kent
- Bexley Forty-One Club Bexley, Kent
- Bexley Grammar School Bexley, Kent
- Bexley Historical Society Bexley, Kent
- Bexley Hospital Bexley, Kent
- Bexley Labour Party Danson Park Women's Section Bexley, Kent
- Bexley Local Board of Health Bexley, Kent
- Bexley NALGO Cricket Club Bexley, Kent
- Bexley parish Bexley, Kent
- Bexley Round Table Bexley, Kent
- Bexley School Board Bexley, Kent
- Bexley Sikh Community Oral History Project Bexley, Kent
- Bexley Traditional Crafts Society Bexley, Kent
- Bexley United Charities Bexley, Kent
- Bexley Urban District Council Bexley, Kent
- Bexley/Erith Technical School Erith, Kent
- Bexleyheath and District Magical Society
- Bexleyheath and Welling Council Schools Bexleyheath, Kent;Welling, Kent
- Bexleyheath Burial Board Bexleyheath, Kent
- Bexleyheath Gala Horticultural Committee Bexleyheath, Kent
- Bexleyheath Methodist Church Bexleyheath, Kent
- Bexleyheath Ratepayers' Association Bexleyheath, Kent
- Bexleyheath School Bexleyheath, Kent
- Bexleyheath Townswomens Guild Bexleyheath, Kent
- Birkbeck Chapel, Sidcup (non-denominational) Sidcup, Kent
- Birkbeck Primary School, Bexley Bexley, Kent
- Bishop Ridley's parish, Welling Welling, Kent
- Blendon Methodist Church Bexley, Kent
- Bridgen Primary School, Bexley Bexley, Kent
- British Heart Foundation London
- British Railways Board
- Charities of Sir Culling Eardley and George Henry Martin Bexley, Kent
- Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School Chislehurst, Kent
- Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District Council Chislehurst, Kent;Sidcup, Kent
- Chislehurst United Benefit Society Chislehurst, Kent
- Christ Church parish, Bexleyheath Bexleyheath, Kent
- Christ Church parish, Erith Erith, Kent
- Christ Church parish, Sidcup Sidcup, Kent
- Church of the Cross parish, Thamesmead Thamesmead, Kent
- Cleeve Park School, Sidcup Sidcup, Kent
- Colyers Primary School, Erith Erith, Kent
- Cray Valley Cottage Hospital Bromley, Kent
- Crayford and Barnehurst Youth Club Crayford, Kent
- Crayford Baptist Church Crayford, Kent
- Crayford Friendly Funeral Society Crayford, Kent
- Crayford Manor House Historical Society Crayford, Kent
- Crayford Methodist Church Crayford, Kent
- Crayford School Crayford, Kent
- Crayford Urban District Council Crayford, Kent
- Crossness Primary School, Bexley Bexley, Kent
- Danson Hockey Club
- Dartford and District Labour Party Dartford, Kent
- Digital Works Limited
- East Wickham and Welling Sea Rangers East Wickham, Kent;Welling, Kent
- East Wickham Badminton Club East Wickham, Kent
- Emmanuel Ecumenical Church, Sidcup Sidcup, Kent
- Emmanuel Methodist Church, Sidcup Sidcup, Kent
- Erith and District Trades Council Erith, Kent
- Erith Borough Council Erith, Kent
- Erith Christadelphian Hall Erith, Kent;Dartford, Kent
- Erith Cottage Hospital Erith, Kent
- Erith Fire Watching Group Erith, Kent
- Erith Labour Party Erith, Kent
- Erith Literary and Debating Society Erith, Kent
- Erith Local Board of Health Erith, Kent
- Erith Methodist Church Erith, Kent
- Erith Municipal Music Society Erith, Kent
- Erith Orchestra Erith, Kent
- Erith Police Station Snooker Club Erith, Kent
- Erith Primary School Erith, Kent
- Erith Ratepayers and Residents Association Erith, Kent
- Erith Rural Deanery Erith, Kent
- Erith School Erith, Kent
- Erith School Board Erith, Kent
- Erith Technical College Association Erith, Kent
- Erith Urban District Council Erith, Kent
- Erith Yacht Club Erith, Kent
- Falconwood and District Horticultural Society Welling, Kent
- Falconwood Townswomen's Guild Welling, Kent
- Foots Cray and North Cray Horticultural Society Foots Cray, Kent;North Cray, Kent
- Foots Cray Baptist Church Bexley, Kent
- Fosters Primary School, Bexley Bexley, Kent
- Friends of Bexley Local Museum Service Bexley, Kent
- Geddes Place United Reformed Church Bexleyheath, Kent
- Halfway Street Primary School, Bexley Bexley, Kent
- Hall Place Oral History Project, Bexley Bexley, Kent
- Henry Snelling of Sidcup Sidcup, Kent
- Herring Hill estate, Erith Erith, Kent
- Hill View School, Welling Welling, Kent
- Holy Redeemer parish, Lamorbey Lamorbey, Kent
- Holy Trinity parish, Lamorbey Lamorbey, Kent
- Howbury Grange Technical School, Slade Green Slade Green, Kent
- Hurst Community Association Hurst, Kent
- Hurst Horticultural Society, Bexley Hurst, Kent
- Hurst Residents Association Hurst, Kent
- Kent County Council Kent;Kent
- Lamorbey and Sidcup Local History Society Lamorbey, Kent;Sidcup, Kent
- London Borough of Bexley Savings Committee Bexley, Kent
- London County Council London
- London Wildlife Trust: Bexley Group Bexley, Kent
- Longlands Primary School, Bexley Bexley, Kent
- Longlands Primary School, Bexley Bexley, Kent
- National and Local Government Officers Association: Bexley branch Bexley, Kent
- National Association of Local Government Officers: Erith branch Erith, Kent
- National Union of Gas Workers and General Labourers: Belvedere branch Belvedere, Kent
- National Union of Gas Workers and General Labourers: Northumberland Heath branch Northumberland Heath, Kent
- National Union of Teachers: Bexley branch Bexley, Kent
- National Union of Teachers: Erith branch Erith, Kent
- New Horizons, Bexley Bexley, Kent
- North Cray Parish Council North Cray, Kent
- North Cray Primary School North Cray, Kent
- North Cray Residents Association Bexley, Kent
- Northend Primary School, Bexley Bexley, Kent
- Northumberland Heath Primary School, Erith Erith, Kent
- Northumberland Heath Secondary School, Bexley
- Old Bexley Civic Association Bexley, Kent
- Parklands School for Boys, Bexley
- Pom Pom Residents Association, Erith Erith, Kent
- Providence Strict Baptist Church, Erith Erith, Kent
- Queen's Hospital, Sidcup Sidcup, Kent
- Riverside Secondary School, Erith Erith, Kent
- Royal Alfred Seafarers Society Banstead, Surrey
- Scout Association: Sidcup and Erith Sidcup, Kent;Erith, Kent
- Sidcup Cottage Hospital Bexley, Kent;Sidcup, Kent
- Sidcup Council Schools Sidcup, Kent
- Sidcup Hill Primary School Sidcup, Kent
- Sidcup Horticultural Society Sidcup, Kent
- Sidcup Literary and Scientific Society Sidcup, Kent
- Sidcup Methodist Church Sidcup, Kent
- Sidcup Natural History Society
- Sidcup Primary School Sidcup, Kent
- Sidcup Rugby Football Club Sidcup, Kent
- Sidcup Rural Deanery Sidcup, Kent
- Sidcup School for Girls
- Sidcup United Reformed Church Sidcup, Kent
- Slade Green Junior School, Erith Erith, Kent
- Smoult's Charity, Bridgen Bexley, Kent
- Social Democratic Federation: Erith branch Erith, Kent
- St Andrew parish, Bostall Heath, Woolwich Woolwich, Kent
- St Andrew parish, Sidcup Sidcup, Kent
- St Augustine parish, Belvedere Belvedere, Kent
- St Augustine parish, Slade Green Slade Green, Kent
- St Augustine Parish, Slade Green
- St Barnabas parish, Joyden's Wood, Bexley Bexley, Kent
- St James parish, Blendon Blendon, Kent
- St James parish, North Cray North Cray, Kent
- St John parish, Bexley Bexley, Kent
- St John parish, Sidcup Sidcup, Kent
- St John the Baptist parish, Erith Erith, Kent
- St John the Evangelist parish, Welling Welling, Kent
- St John's Sidcup Amateur Operatic Society
- St Martin parish, Barnehurst Barnehurst, Kent
- St Mary parish, Bexley Bexley, Kent
- St Mary parish, Welling Welling, Kent
- St Mary's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic School, Sidcup Sidcup, Kent
- St Michael parish, East Wickham East Wickham, Kent
- St Paul parish, Northumberland Heath, Bexley Bexley, Kent
- St Paul parish, Thamesmead Thamesmead, Kent
- St Paulinus Church of England Primary School, Crayford Crayford, Kent
- St Paulinus parish, Crayford Crayford, Kent
- St Peter parish, Bexleyheath Bexleyheath, Kent
- St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Bexleyheath Bexleyheath, Kent
- Strict Baptist Open-Air Mission
- Styleman's Almshouses, Bexley Bexley, Kent
- Thames Road Cycling Club, Bexley Bexley, Kent
- Thamesmead Angling Society Thamesmead, Kent
- Thamesmead Community College Thamesmead, Kent
- Thamesmead Town Football Club
- Third East Wickham Brownies East Wickham, Kent
- Townley Grammar School, Bexley Bexley, Kent
- Trinity School, Bexley Bexley, Kent
- University School Educational Trust Ltd, Bexley Bexley, Kent
- Upper Abbey Road Baptist Church, Belvedere Belvedere, Kent
- Upton Primary School, Bexley Bexley, Kent
- Victoria Homes for Aged People, Bexley Bexley, Kent
- Welling Baptist Church Welling, Kent
- Welling Civic Association Welling, Kent
- Welling Gospel Chapel Welling, Kent
- Welling Library, Bexley
- Welling United Reformed Church Welling, Kent
- West Heath House estate, Erith Erith, Kent
- Westwood College, Welling Welling, Kent
- Westwood Primary School, Bexley Bexley, Kent
- William Everett, Bexley Erith, Kent;Belvedere, Kent
- William Foster's School, East Wickham East Wickham, Kent
- Workers Educational Association: Bexley and Sidcup branch Bexley, Kent;Sidcup, Kent
Persons (31)
- Alford, William Frank, (1900-1959), Mayor of Erith Erith, Kent
- Ashlee, Victor, (fl1960-1970), film maker Erith, Kent
- Baldwin, Denise, (fl 1945-1953), local historian Bexley, Kent
- Bamji, Andrew , (fl1973-2019), consultant rheumatologist and curator of the Gillies Archives at Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup
- Bartram, Samuel, (1914-1981), footballer and manager Charlton, Kent;South Shields, Durham
- Bedford, Allan, (fl 1953), local resident Bexley, Kent
- Boswell, Arthur Henry Thomas, (1880-1966), photographer Bexleyheath, Kent
- Boyd, Sir John, (1718-1800) 1st Baronet Boyd, sugar merchant, slave trader, and vice-chairman of the British East India Company St Kitts
- Buckland, Frank, (fl 1896-1952), Librarian and Antiquary
- Chapman, Frank, (fl 1935-1942), local sailor
- Choat, E Bridgstock, (fl 1930), Naturalist and Antiquary
- Cooper, Trevor, (fl 2018), local historian Bexley, Kent
- Darsey, Margaret Alice, (fl 1870-1930), local resident Bexley, Kent
- Drake, Frank, (d 1983), Local Historian
- Forsey, Wilfred Cyril, (1893-1937), JP Welling, Kent
- Franklin, Sir John, (1786-1847), Knight Rear Admiral Arctic Explorer
- Gamon, Charles Edward, (1930-1975), local councillor Bexley, Kent
- Goulstone, John, (fl 2018), local historian and archeologist Bexley, Kent
- Heath, Sir Edward Richard George, (1916-2005), Knight, Knight statesman
- Hills, Anthony, (1945-1960), local resident Bexley, Kent
- Jewell, Maurice Frederick Stewart, (1885-1978), cricketer
- Malt, Silvia, (fl 1951-1972), local historian Bexley, Kent
- Morris, Paul, (fl 1965-1980), borough librarian
- Mount, Peter Stanley , (fl1987-1990), Bexley photographer
- Ormston, Keith, (1931-1932), local resident Bexley, Kent
- Parsons, John, (fl 1952-1974), antiquarian Bexley, Kent;Foots Cray, Kent;North Cray, Kent
- Pereira, Clifford J, (fl1988-2013), historian Bexley, Kent
- Rhodes, Frederick George, (1890-1973), carpenter St Mary Cray, Kent
- Vansittart, Nicholas, (1766-1851), 1st Baron Bexley, statesman
- Venis, Ernest, (1902-1995), mechanical engineer of Erith Erith, Kent
- Wilkinson, John Wells, (1870-1961), clergyman
Diaries (15)
- Bilney, Albert Edward, (fl 1916-83) Bexley, Kent
- Cronin, John, (1902-1986), Borough Councillor Bexley, Kent
- Debnam, Florrie, (1887-1888)
- Deller, Anthony, (fl 1980-2004), antiquarian Bexley, Kent
- Downs, Annie E M Sidcup, Kent
- Dunmow, Michael, (fl 2000), Local Historian Bexley, Kent
- French, Charles Reginald, (B1903), Carpenter Bexleyheath, Kent
- North, Alfred Jewell, (fl 1911-1949), Vale Mascal, Bexley Bexley, Kent
- Parris, Percy, (fl 1943-1945)
- Ritchley, William G, Town Clerk's Dept Bexley, Kent
- Shaw, Mathew, (fl 1970-1993), antiquarian and historian
- Sweeny, Walter, (fl 1921-24), Schoolboy Erith, Kent
- Tester, Peter, Local Historian Bexley, Kent
- Wood, Rachel M, (1943-1955)
- Wooller, Oliver, (late 20th cent), Local Historian Kent;Greater London
Families (18)
- Austen family, baronets, of Bexley Bexley, Kent
- Barne family of Sotterley Sotterley, Suffolk
- Basset family of Sidcup, owners of The Kentish Times Sidcup, Kent
- Bayley family of Erith Erith, Kent
- Best family, Barons Wynford Bexley, Kent;Erith, Kent;Well, Lincolnshire
- Boyd family, baronets, of Danson Hill Danson Hill, Kent;Bexley, Kent;Danson Park, Kent;Welling, Kent
- Cokayne-Frith family of Bridgen Place Bridgen Place, Kent
- Dashwood family of Hall Place Hall Place, Kent;Bexley, Kent;Erith, Kent
- Eardley family, baronets, of Hadley Hadley, Middlesex;Bedwell, Hertfordshire;Belvedere, Kent
- Horner family of May Place, Crayford Crayford, Kent
- Jones family of Footscray Footscray, Kent;Eltham, Kent;Bullingham, Herefordshire
- Mason family of Greenwich Greenwich, Kent;Aldenham, Hertfordshire
- Pickersgill family of Blendon Hall Bexley, Kent
- Steele family of Lamorbey Lamorbey, Kent
- Vansittart family of Foots Cray Foots Cray, Kent
- Wheatley family of Erith Erith, Kent;Crayford, Kent
- Williamson family of East Wickham East Wickham, Kent
- Woodman family of Hollies Hollies, Kent
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (37)
- NRA 29360 Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers: Erith branch link to online catalogue
- NRA 36585 Austin and Dashwood families of Hall Place: family and estate papers
- NRA 5469 Belvedere: deeds and estate papers
- NRA 15206 William Draper Best, 1st Baron Wynford: Erith estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 43236 Bexley Borough Council link to online catalogue
- NRA 29607 Bexley Borough Library: misc accessions
- NRA 29362 Bexley Borough Trades Council link to online catalogue
- NRA 29363 Bexley Consumer Group link to online catalogue
- NRA 43230 Bexley United Charities link to online catalogue
- NRA 36014 Bexleyheath Methodist Church link to online catalogue
- NRA 36813 Borax Consolidated Ltd, chemical mfrs, Belvedere link to online catalogue
- NRA 36547 DC Bowyer & Sons Ltd, builders, Bexley link to online catalogue
- NRA 36548 Boyd family, baronets, of Danson Hill: deeds and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 29359 Crayford Friendly Funeral Society link to online catalogue
- NRA 43237 Crayford Urban District Council link to online catalogue
- NRA 30233 East Wickham Farm link to online catalogue
- NRA 43238 Erith Borough Council link to online catalogue
- NRA 36812 Hurst Residents Association link to online catalogue
- NRA 36814 Thomas W Jenkins, printer, Bexleyheath link to online catalogue
- NRA 20711 Jones family of Footscray and Mason family of Greenwich: deeds and papers (Various counties)
- NRA 29474 Kent parishes
- NRA 30178 London Metropolitan Archives: education records
- NRA 43235 London Wildlife Trust, Bexley Group link to online catalogue
- NRA 29361 National and Local Government Officers Association: Bexley, Chislehurst and Sidcup, and Erith branc link to online catalogue
- NRA 36816 National Union of Teachers: Erith branch link to online catalogue
- NRA 44739 Parsons, John: antiquarian papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 36815 Porter & Cobb, estate agents, Dartford link to online catalogue
- NRA 36231 Providence Strict Baptist Church, Erith link to online catalogue
- NRA 30230 Sidcup Literary and Scientific Society link to online catalogue
- NRA 36058 Sidcup Methodist Church link to online catalogue
- NRA 36227 Sidcup United Reformed Church link to online catalogue
- NRA 43239 Sidcup Urban District Council link to online catalogue
- NRA 30232 Stickland & Chandler, builders and contractors, Belvedere link to online catalogue
- NRA 10493 Vansittart family of Foots Cray: deeds and estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 36550 Victoria Homes for Aged People, Bexley link to online catalogue
- NRA 36558 John Wells Wilkinson, clergyman: papers incl minutes of local Labour Party link to online catalogue
- NRA 30231 Edgar Joseph Wood, Baptist minister: papers link to online catalogue
Accessions
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