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North Cray
Coordinates: 51°25′26″N 0°08′06″E / 51.424°N 0.135°E / Fire London
51.424; 0.135 Ambulance London
North Cray EU Parliament London
UK Parliament Old Bexley and Sidcup
London Assembly Bexley and Bromley
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North Cray is a place in the London Borough of Bexley,
southeast London, England, 20 km (12 mi) east southeast
of Charing Cross. It lies on the River Cray and is in the
Cray Meadows electoral ward which also includes Foots
Cray. The post town for North Cray is Sidcup and the
postcode is DA14, close by to the north is DA5 post code
in the post town of Bexley.
North Cray was previously a civil parish in the Hun-
North Cray
dred of Ruxley, Sutton-at-Hone Lathe. The settlement
Ruxley had its own parish but it was abolished in 1557
North Cray shown within Greater London and the area was absorbed into North Cray parish.[1][2]
OS grid reference TQ487722
North Cray was within Kent up until the creation of
London borough Bexley Greater London in 1965. From 1894 to 1934 North Cray
Ceremonial county Greater London was within the Bromley Rural District, then it was in the
Region London Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District from 1934 to 1965;
Country England then finally the London Borough of Bexley from 1965
Sovereign state United Kingdom which remains today.
Post town SIDCUP
Postcode district DA14 References
Dialling code 020
[1] North Cray and Ruxley, British History Online
Police Metropolitan [2] North Cray history at www.idealhomes.org
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Categories:
• Districts of Bexley
• Districts of London
• Districts of London listed in the Domesday Book
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