2017: Another dig?

August 3, 2017

BAHRG has been a bit quiet lately but things are still happening! We are hoping to do some more archaeology …

Blendon’s staff

August 21, 2013

As with any large house, the servants of Blendon Hall were essential to keep the place going. On the night …

June 25, 2013

In June 2013 two great great granddaughters of Mrs Jay, the last resident of Blendon Hall, met for the first …

May 10, 2013

Margi Carlson from Olympia, Washington, USA got in touch with the Bexley Historical Society in January 2013 to say that …

April 28, 2013

Oswald Smith was born in Hampstead in 1794. He was the son of George Smith MP and nephew of John …

April 28, 2013

When the heathland north of Bexley Village was enclosed in 1814 and divided amongst the parish freeholders, John Smith of …