(A glimpse of the past)
"The parish of Bexley is very extensive being
about three miles across each way.
There is great variety of country in it, with frequent hill and dale...
from its size and number
of inhabitants it may well be titled the town of Bexley; there
are many handsome
modern built houses, inhabited by genteel families of fortune."
(Edward Hasted, History of Kent 1797)
High Street, Bexley c.1900
High Street, Bexley 1912
High Street, Bexley c1915
Another view of High Street - this time 1990
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bexley, c. 1883
The church is mentioned in Domesday Book and there is evidence of
the early
twelfth-century architecture in parts of the building. The church
has an unusual shingled roof.
(Situated directly opposite where my
mother was born)
