Barnes Cray
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| Barnes Cray | |
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| Location | |
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| OS grid reference: | TQ525755 |
| Latitude: | 51.457856° |
| Longitude: | 0.196028° |
| Administration | |
| London borough: | Bexley |
| County level: | Greater London |
| Region: | London |
| Constituent country: | England |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
| Other | |
| Ceremonial county: | Greater London |
| Historic county: | Kent 1965 |
| Services | |
| Police force: | Metropolitan Police |
| Fire brigade: | London Fire Brigade |
| Ambulance service: | London Ambulance |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | DARTFORD |
| Postal district: | DA1 |
| Dialling code: | 01322 |
| Politics | |
| UK Parliament: | Bexleyheath and Crayford |
| London Assembly: | Bexley and Bromley |
| European Parliament: | London |
| London | List of places in London | |
Barnes Cray is a place in the London Borough of Bexley.
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 munition village to facilitate the expansion of Vickers' armaments factory during the 1915 to 1919 period. Following World War I Crayford Urban District Council erected further housing estates to the north, eventually merging with estates spreading southwards from Erith.
Barnes Cray has only the 428 bus serving it. It runs between Erith and Bluewater Shopping Centre; This bus is contracted by Transport for London.
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