Barnes Cray

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Barnes Cray is located on the Greater London border with Kent, bordering Dartford.

Barnes Cray is named for the Barne family, who owned land here in the mid-18th century.

Up until the Victorian era it was a hamlet a kilometre downstream of Crayford where no more than sixteen homes were clustered. A calico-printing works drew water power from the culverted River Wansunt in early Victorian times, being later adapted for the manufacture of rubber goods, then felt and finally Brussels carpets. This carpet mill was demolished by 1890 and Barnes Cray House, the next largest building, was cleared by 1933, ending its days as a nursing home.

The remnants of the settlement became absorbed into Crayford with the building of a garden village to facilitate the expansion of Vickers’ armaments factory during the 1915 to 1919 period. Six hundred cottages were built in a variety of styles.

In 1920 the area became part of the Crayford Urban District of Kent (having previously been in Dartford Rural District).

Following World War I, Crayford Urban District Council erected further housing estates to the north, eventually merging with estates spreading southwards from Erith. In 1965, under the London Government Act 1963, the urban district was abolished and its area transferred to Greater London to form part of the present-day London Borough of Bexley.

The Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre is in Barnes Cray.




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Wendy    
Added: 22 Mar 2024 15:33 GMT   

Polygon Buildings
Following the demolition of the Polygon, and prior to the construction of Oakshott Court in 1974, 4 tenement type blocks of flats were built on the site at Clarendon Sq/Phoenix Rd called Polygon Buildings. These were primarily for people working for the Midland Railway and subsequently British Rail. My family lived for 5 years in Block C in the 1950s. It seems that very few photos exist of these buildings.

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:42 GMT   

Road construction and houses completed
New Charleville Circus road layout shown on Stanford’s Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs 1879 with access via West Hill only.

Plans showing street numbering were recorded in 1888 so we can concluded the houses in Charleville Circus were built by this date.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:04 GMT   

Charleville Circus, Sydenham: One Place Study (OPS)
One Place Study’s (OPS) are a recent innovation to research and record historical facts/events/people focused on a single place �’ building, street, town etc.

I have created an open access OPS of Charleville Circus on WikiTree that has over a million members across the globe working on a single family tree for everyone to enjoy, for free, forever.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Charles   
Added: 8 Mar 2024 20:45 GMT   

My House
I want to know who lived in my house in the 1860’s.

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NH   
Added: 7 Mar 2024 11:41 GMT   

Telephone House
Donald Hunter House, formerly Telephone House, was the BT Offices closed in 2000

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Paul Cox   
Added: 5 Mar 2024 22:18 GMT   

War damage reinstatement plans of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street
Whilst clearing my elderly Mothers house of general detritus, I’ve come across original plans (one on acetate) of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street. Might they be of interest or should I just dispose of them? There are 4 copies seemingly from the one single acetate example. Seems a shame to just junk them as the level of detail is exquisite. No worries if of no interest, but thought I’d put it out there.

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Diana   
Added: 28 Feb 2024 13:52 GMT   

New Inn Yard, E1
My great grandparents x 6 lived in New Inn Yard. On this date, their son was baptised in nearby St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch

Source: BDM London, Cripplegate and Shoreditch registers written by church clerk.

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Vic Stanley   
Added: 24 Feb 2024 17:38 GMT   

Postcose
The postcode is SE15, NOT SE1

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Barnes Cray Barnes Cray is located on the Greater London border with Kent, bordering Dartford.

NEARBY STREETS
Ambrose Close, DA1 Ambrose Close is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
Barnes Cray Road, DA1 Barnes Cray Road is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
Beech Walk, DA1 Beech Walk is part of the Barnes Cray Estate (Barnes Cray)
Beult Road, DA1 Beult Road is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
Bramley Place, DA1 Bramley Place is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
Cheswick Close, DA1 Cheswick Close is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
Cray Close, DA1 Cray Close is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
Crayford Way, DA1 Crayford Way was built by the Vickers company for its munitions factory workers (Barnes Cray)
Crayside Industrial Estate, DA1 Commercial area (Barnes Cray)
Eardemont Close, DA1 Eardemont Close is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
Farm Place, DA1 Farm Place is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
Glebelands, DA1 Glebelands is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
Green Walk, DA1 Green Walk runs parallel with Crayford Way (Barnes Cray)
Hubbard Close, DA1 Hubbard Close is a location in London (Barnes Cray)
Iron Mill Lane, DA1 Iron Mill Lane is named after a mill that made plate for Elizabethan armour (Barnes Cray)
Iron Mill Place, DA1 A street within the DA1 postcode (Barnes Cray)
Kennet Road, DA1 Kennet Road is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
Maiden Lane, DA1 Maiden Lane has farm buildings and cottages to its south that may be over 300 years old (Barnes Cray)
Mayplace Avenue, DA1 Mayplace Avenue is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
Medway Road, DA1 Medway Road is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
Mill Place, DA1 Mill Place is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
Oak Close, DA1 Oak Close is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
Old Farm Offices, DA1 A street within the DA1 postcode (Barnes Cray)
Optima Park, DA1 A street within the DA1 postcode (Barnes Cray)
Peppiatt Close, DA1 A street within the DA1 postcode (Barnes Cray)
Ravensbourne Road, DA1 A street within the DA1 postcode (Barnes Cray)
Rectory Close, DA1 Rectory Close is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
Russell Close, DA1 Russell Close is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
Samas Way, DA1 Samas Way is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
School Crescent, DA1 School Crescent is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
Shuttle Road, DA1 Shuttle Road is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
Siddeley Road, DA1 A street within the DA1 postcode (Barnes Cray)
Stanham Place, DA1 Stanham Place is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
Stour Road, DA1 Stour Road is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
Swale Road, DA1 Swale Road is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
Thames Road, DA1 Thames Road is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
The Rise, DA1 The Rise was build as part of a First World War garden estate (Barnes Cray)
Thomas Road, DA1 Thomas Road is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
Thomas Road, DA8 Thomas Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
Village Green Road, DA1 Village Green Road is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
Vimy Way, DA1 A street within the DA1 postcode (Barnes Cray)
Virginia Court, DA1 A street within the DA1 postcode (Barnes Cray)
Virginia Road, DA1 A street within the DA1 postcode (Barnes Cray)
Woodfall Drive, DA1 Woodfall Drive is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnes Cray)
Woollett Close, DA1 A street within the DA1 postcode (Barnes Cray)
Wynns Avenue, DA15 Wynns Avenue is a location in London (Barnes Cray)

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