North Cray is a place in the London Borough of Bexley

London Borough of Bexley

The London Borough of Bexley lies in south east Greater London, and is a borough referred to as part of Outer London. It has common borders with the London Borough of Bromley to the south, the London Borough of Greenwich to the west, across the River Thames to the north it borders the London...

, southeast London

Greater London

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, England

England

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, 20 km (12.4 mi) east southeast of Charing Cross

Charing Cross

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. It lies on the River Cray

River Cray

The River Cray is a tributary of the River Darent in southern England. It rises in Priory Gardens in Orpington in the London Borough of Bromley, where rainwater permeates the chalk bedrock and forms a pond at the boundary between the chalk and impermeable clay...

 and is in the Cray Meadows electoral ward

Wards of the United Kingdom

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 which also includes Foots Cray

Foots Cray

Foots Cray is a place in the London Borough of Bexley, near the town of Sidcup, in southeast London, England, United Kingdom.It took its name from Godwin Fot, a local Saxon landowner recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, and from the River Cray that passes through the village. It lay on the old...

. The post town

Post town

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 for North Cray is Sidcup

Sidcup

Sidcup is a district in South East London in the London Borough of Bexley and small parts of the district in the London Borough of Greenwich.Located south east of Charing Cross, Sidcup is bordered by the London Boroughs of Greenwich and Bromley and Kent County Council, and whilst now part of...

 and the postcode

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 is DA14, close by to the north is DA5 post code in the post town of Bexley

Bexley

Bexley is an South East London]] in the London Borough of Bexley, London, England. It is located on the banks of the River Cray south of the Roman Road, Watling Street...

.

North Cray was previously a civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 in the Hundred of Ruxley

Ruxley (hundred)

Ruxley was an ancient hundred, a land division in the north west of the county of Kent, England. Its area has been mostly absorbed by the growth of London; with its name currently referring to the Ruxley district. Its former area now corresponds to a majority of the London Borough of Bromley, a...

, Sutton-at-Hone

Sutton-at-Hone

Sutton-at-Hone is a village south of Dartford in Kent, England. It is part of the Dartford local government district and the civil parish of Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley. It is represented by Dartford Borough Councilors Pat Coleman and Tony Martin....

 Lathe. The settlement Ruxley

Ruxley

Ruxley is a small settlement mostly within the London Borough of Bromley and on the boundary with the London Borough of Bexley, in southeast London, England....

 had its own parish but it was abolished in 1557 and the area was absorbed into North Cray parish. North Cray was within Kent up until the creation of Greater London

Greater London

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 in 1965. From 1894 to 1934 North Cray was within the Bromley Rural District

Bromley Rural District

Bromley was a rural district in north-west Kent, England from 1894 to 1934. Its area now forms part of the London Borough of Bromley in Greater London. It did not include the main settlement of Bromley; which constituted the Municipal Borough of Bromley...

, then it was in the Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District

Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District

Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District was a local government district and civil parish in north west Kent, England from 1934 to 1965.It was formed in 1934 from the former area of Chislehurst Urban District, Sidcup Urban District and part of Bromley Rural District.In 1965 the parish and urban...

from 1934 to 1965; then finally the London Borough of Bexley from 1965 which remains today.