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Parish records and archives from schools across the London Borough of Bexley can now be found online through a new website provided by the council.

Residents are being encouraged to search through the extensive database to research their own family history and see what their neighbourhood was like back in the 1900s.

Mayor's Sunday, Bexleyheath 1945

Over 2,000 postcards depicting events like the traditional Mayor's Sunday walk through Bexleyheath in war time Britain show how the borough has changed over the last sixty years.

Vintage postcards

Views of local beauty spots can be downloaded to your own computer - a post card of North Cray Road in Bexley Village shows the scene in 1913.

Cllr Peter Catterall who runs art's project in Bexley says they've 'amassed a huge amount of local information over the years.'

Council minutes

The site was designed to help businesses, school children and family historians search through pamphlets, newspapers and council archives all on one web page.

Alford Road, Erith 1906

For those keen to keep up with local Government there's now minutes of every council meeting since 1965 stored online - including notes taken at meetings of the now defunct district councils in Crayford, Sidcup, Chislehurst and Foots Cray.