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Erith: Saint John the Baptist
St John's, Erith is one of the six ancient churches lying within the London Borough of Bexley.
The church of St John the Baptist was originally built in Saxo-Norman times. It was subsequently rebuilt in the post-Medieval period, in part out of materials salvaged from Lesnes Abbey after it was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1525 (the abbey would have been but a short cart-ride away to the north-west). It was substantially rebuilt again in 1877. '