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{{infobox UK place |country = England |map_type = Greater London |region= London |population= |official_name= Foots Cray |latitude= 51.416 |longitude= 0.115 |london_borough= Bexley |constituency_westminster= Old Bexley and Sidcup (UK Parliament constituency) |post_town= SIDCUP |postcode_district = DA14 |postcode_area= DA |dial_code= 020 |os_grid_reference= TQ472709

History

It took its name from Godwin Fot, a local Anglo-Saxons landowner recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, and from the River Cray that passes through the village. It lay on the old Maidstone Road (now bypassed by the A20 road (England)) leading from London to north Kent. Until the 20th century, Foots Cray dominated the nearby, less ancient hill-top hamlet of Sidcup. The combined area was designated as the Urban District of Foots Cray in 1902. Soon, however, the two settlements' fortunes were reversed, as Foots Cray's traditional industries declined after the First World War, and Sidcup grew rapidly as a commuter town after a railway was built linking it to central London. In 1921 this change was reflected in the renaming of Foots Cray Urban District to Sidcup Urban District. In 1965 both areas became part of the London Borough of Bexley.

The estate of Foots Cray Place was rebuilt about 1754 for Bourchier Cleeve, on the site of the manor, as a Palladian mansion that was attributed to Isaac Ware; it was illustrated in this form in ''Vitruvius Britannicus'' iv (1777, pls. 8-10).Howard Colvin, ''A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840'', 3rd ed. (Yale University Press), ''s.v.'' "Isaac Ware", under "Doubtful and attributed works". Foots Cray Place was remodelled for Benjamin Harenc (1792) by the minor London architect Henry Hakewill,Henry Hakewill (1771-1830), a pupil of John Yenn, became architect to the trustees of Rugby School; he is buried at North Cray (Colvin 1995 ''s.v.'' "Henry Hakewill"). who further remodelled it in 1823 for Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer. Further works were carried out for Lord Bexley by another London architect of equally modest reputation, '''John William Hiort''', who also built Bexley's London house in Great George Street, Westminster.John William Hiortt (1772-1861) was an architect attached to the Office of Works, where he was much employed in designing occasional structures for ceremonies; he designed some ancillary structures at Claremont House, Surrey, for Princess Charlotte, and patented bricks for designing circular chimney flues that were used at Buckingham Palace. (Colvin 1995, ''s.v.'' "John William Hiort"). After a fire in 1949, it was demolished in 1950.Colvin 1995, ''s.v.'' "Henry Hakewell". Now only the stable block remains, but the grounds, known as Foots Cray Meadows, provide a valuable public green space in this south-eastern suburb of London. This 89 hectare park was formed in the early 19th century from two mid-18th-century landscaped parks. It is listed by English Heritage as a Grade II historic park.An impression of the surviving landscape can be obtained from the [http://www.hidden-london.com/footscray.html Hidden London website], and it is a Local Nature Reserve.{{cite web|url=http://www.gigl.org.uk/igigl/siteDetails.aspx?sID=M106&sType=sinc |title= The River Cray
|publisher=Greenspace Information for Greater London|year=2006|accessdate=10 September 2012}} The London Outer Orbital Path passes through Foots Cray Meadows on its way from Bexley to Sidcup Place and Petts Wood. There is some industry in an area next to the meadows and bordering the river.

The naval wireless engineer and short-story writer F. G. Loring died at the Old House, Foot's Cray on 7 September 1951, aged eighty-two.ODNB entry: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/53979 Retrieved 7 September 2011. Subscription required.]

Foots Cray stable block and adjacent walled garden were placed on the English Heritage 'at risk' register but have now been rescued following redevelopment by Morgan Restoration to form a luxury home that was for sale in 2008 at £3.5 million. {{infobox UK place |country = England |map_type = Greater London |region= London |population= |official_name= Foots Cray |latitude= 51.416 |longitude= 0.115 |london_borough= Bexley |constituency_westminster= Old Bexley and Sidcup (UK Parliament constituency) |post_town= SIDCUP |postcode_district = DA14 |postcode_area= DA |dial_code= 020 |os_grid_reference= TQ472709

Transport and locale

Nearby places
*Sidcup
*St Pauls Cray
*Ruxley
*Swanley
*Chislehurst
*St Mary Cray
*Bexley
*Orpington
*Bexleyheath

Buses
Foots Cray is served by a number of Transport For London buses.
* London Buses route 51 - Woolwich and Orpington Station
* London Buses route 233 - Eltham Station and Swanley
* London Buses route 321 - New Cross Gate and Foots Cray Tesco
* London Buses route 492 - Sidcup Station and Bluewater (shopping centre)
* London Buses route R11 - Sidcup Queen Mary's Hospital and Green Street Green

Railway
There is no Railway Station in Foots Cray, however the nearest stations are Sidcup and St Mary Cray and are both easily accessible by Bus. {{infobox UK place |country = England |map_type = Greater London |region= London |population= |official_name= Foots Cray |latitude= 51.416 |longitude= 0.115 |london_borough= Bexley |constituency_westminster= Old Bexley and Sidcup (UK Parliament constituency) |post_town= SIDCUP |postcode_district = DA14 |postcode_area= DA |dial_code= 020 |os_grid_reference= TQ472709

Education

{{infobox UK place |country = England |map_type = Greater London |region= London |population= |official_name= Foots Cray |latitude= 51.416 |longitude= 0.115 |london_borough= Bexley |constituency_westminster= Old Bexley and Sidcup (UK Parliament constituency) |post_town= SIDCUP |postcode_district = DA14 |postcode_area= DA |dial_code= 020 |os_grid_reference= TQ472709

See also

*[http://www.lostheritage.org.uk/houses/lh_kent_footscrayplace.html Lost Heritage - history of Foots Cray Place]
*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=339&st=Foots%20Cray/ An 1870 description] {{infobox UK place |country = England |map_type = Greater London |region= London |population= |official_name= Foots Cray |latitude= 51.416 |longitude= 0.115 |london_borough= Bexley |constituency_westminster= Old Bexley and Sidcup (UK Parliament constituency) |post_town= SIDCUP |postcode_district = DA14 |postcode_area= DA |dial_code= 020 |os_grid_reference= TQ472709

Industry

Kolster-Brandes was a manufacturer of radio and television sets that moved to Foots Cray in 1928. The company was later acquired by ITT.

The Kolster-Brandes company rugby team which was formed in 1967 is now called Foots Cray RUFC and still plays league rugby today. The team's badge incorporates the STC letters which represent the company which took over the Kolster Brands business, Standard Telephones and Cables. More info on the rugby club is available here [http://Www.footscrayrufc.co.uk].

The Coca-Cola Company have a large manufacturing and bottling plant in Foots Cray which opened in 1961 and employs 361 people. This plant was where Dasani water was produced.http://www.cokecce.co.uk/about-us/sites-and-offices/sidcup.aspx

Fujitsu had a call centre and software development offices on the site of the former Kolster-Brandes factory which closed in 2009.http://en.calameo.com/read/00000430648eb93aec17d

Richard Klinger Ltd, an Austrian company which made engine gaskets, hydraulic pipelines and water level gauges and valves, had a factory in Footscray built in 1937 in a Modernist architectural style. The Klingher factory closed in the 1990s.http://www.heritage-explorer.co.uk/web/he/searchdetail.aspx?id=8228&crit=storage {{infobox UK place |country = England |map_type = Greater London |region= London |population= |official_name= Foots Cray |latitude= 51.416 |longitude= 0.115 |london_borough= Bexley |constituency_westminster= Old Bexley and Sidcup (UK Parliament constituency) |post_town= SIDCUP |postcode_district = DA14 |postcode_area= DA |dial_code= 020 |os_grid_reference= TQ472709

Notes

Category:Areas of London
Category:Districts of Bexley
Category:Districts of London listed in the Domesday Book

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