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After Nuxley Heath, which is also known as Little Heath. Nuxley, which means a small hill on a heath, had been part of the far larger Lessness Heath, which was a common heath and grazing land for the farms that surrounded it. Several roads and tracks met here, including Heron Hill (coming up from Belvedere marshes), the main Woolwich to Erith road (now Woolwich Road), and the main route between Bexley and Bexleyheath, formerly known as Bexley Road (March 1939 when it became Nuxley Road). Gradually the village established itself in the triangle made by Woolwich Road, Nuxley Road, and Albert Road.
