Editing Welling (section)

=== 20th century ===
After [[World War I]], [[Municipal Borough of Bexley|Bexley Urban District Council]] built over 400 houses north of the railway. Later, when the [[Danson House|Danson]] estate was sold to developers, the land to the south was opened up to suburban sprawl and the settlement incorporated the local parishes of St Michael's East Wickham and St Johns Welling

The area was part of the [[Municipal Borough of Bexley]] in the administrative county of [[Kent]] until, in 1965, the borough was abolished under the [[London Government Act 1963]] and its area transferred to [[Greater London]] to form part of the present-day [[London Borough of Bexley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/33/contents|title=London Government Act 1963|website=www.legislation.gov.uk}}</ref>

For five years after 1990, the headquarters of the far-right [[British National Party]] (formed in 1982) were based in Welling.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Politico's Guide to the History of British Political Parties|last=Boothroyd|first=David|year=2001|publisher=Politico's|isbn=1-902301-59-5|page=22}}</ref> The area became the scene of anti-racist [[1993 Welling riots|riots in 1993]]. Bexley Council shut down the BNP Headquarters in 1995.<ref name=bnpclosed>Saggar, Shamit (1998). Race and British electoral politics. Routledge. {{ISBN|1-85728-830-0}}.</ref>

In 1992 a group of local people, led by local Councillor Nigel Betts, revived the old Memorial Hall Trust which was set up in 1921.{{Citation needed|date=March 2019}} In 1995 it started operation as a local grant giving charity called the East Wickham & Welling War Memorial Trust[1] using the revenue from the old hall to fund grants in the area. Its main aim is remember the men of the district who were killed in World War One so a new War Memorial was built in 1996. Its charitable aim is to help local groups with rents on their meeting places or to help groups maintain their halls. Other grants help young people with adventurous activities and there is an annual academic bursary. In 2006 it gave grants totaling £47,000. As part of a re-investment programme, the Trust sold the Hall for a housing redevelopment in 2007.