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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 838 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BEXLEY , an See also:

urban See also:district in the See also:Dartford See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Kent, See also:England, 12 M. S.E. by E. of See also:London by the See also:South-Eastern & See also:Chatham railway. Pop. (1901) 12,918. Bexley, which is mentioned in Domesday See also:Book, has had a See also:church since the 9th See also:century. The See also:present church of St See also:Mary is See also:Early See also:English and later. With the rental of the See also:manor of Bexley, See also:William See also:Camden, the See also:antiquary, founded the See also:ancient See also:history professorship at See also:Oxford. See also:Hall See also:Place, which contains a See also:fine Jacobean See also:staircase and See also:oak-panelled hall, is said to occupy the site of the dwelling-place of the See also:Black See also:Prince. The course of Watling See also:Street may be traced over Bexley See also:Heath, where, too, there exist deep pits, widening into vaults below, and probably of See also:British origin.

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