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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
CRAYFORD is a small ancient town, two miles north of Erith station, sixteen
miles from London by railway and thirteen miles by road, and one mile and a half
west from Dartford. The rover Cray crosses the town, The population in 1851 was
2,935. There are several extensive silk and calico printing establishments. The
church of St. Paulinus stands on an emionence at the upper end of the twon, and
is a very commodious edifice. The living is a rectory, in the patronage of
Thomas Austen, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. Henry Morland Austen, M.A. There
is an elegant Catholic chapel, and a place of worship for the Baptists.
POST-OFFICE. - Mrs. Sarah Buck, Receiver. Letters arrive through Dartford, which
is also the nearest Money Order Office.
Public Houses in Crayford & Crayford
1911 pub history census summary
GENTRY.
Austen, Rev. Henry Morlandj M.A., Rectory House
Donoven, Rev. A. David, Catholic
Evans, David, Esq.
Grantham, John, Esq.
Grantham, John, Esq., F.R.C.S.
Harris, Thomas, Esq.
Heath, George, Esq.
Horner, Edward, Esq.
Hoskins, Rev. Charles Henry, Baptist
Jackson, John, Esq.
Langdale, Rev. George Augustus
Lloyd, Robert, Esq.
Longlands, Rev. W. A., Curate
Reeves, James, Esq.
Swaisland, Charles, Esq.
Tibbetts, Thomas, Esq.
Wreford, Samuel, Esq., Manor House
TRADERS.
| Amos, Joseph, builder Amsley, George, Bull's Head Benton, Charles, haberdasher, etc. Briskel, George, Swan Buck, Mrs. Esther, shopkeeper Buck, Mrs. Sarah, shopkeeper and postmistress Bull, Hezekiah, farmer Clements, William, beer retailer Collier, Mrs. Elizabeth, farmer Collings, Thomas, farmer, Mill lane Cook, John, shopkeeper Cook, William, baker Cooper, John, saw mills Dennis, Mrs. Charlotte, beer retailer Dormer, Robert, boot and shoe maker Durrant, Thomas, boot and shoe maker Evans, David and Co., silk and shawl printers Eves, Robert, market gardener Finch, Mrs. Mary, linen draper Fordham, Robert, beer retailer Franklin, James, baker Giles, Mrs. Sarah, school Goulds, Michael R., greengrocer Groombridge, Mrs. Sarah, fruit grower Hill, William, Bull Inn Holms, Mrs. Mary Ann, herb seller Hood, Frederick, baker Idenden, Thomas, butcher Kemp, Joseph, tailor Killick, William, beer retailer Knott, Edward, Duke's Head Mabey, Edwin, tailor and hatter Mace, Mrs. Rebecca, farmer Messenger, Henry, Bear Commercial Inn |
Miles, Mrs. Ann, farmer Mitchell, Mrs. Elizabeth, Roebuck Moulder, William, Swan Owen, John, farmer Pain, Joseph, farmer Phillips, Thomas, Lord Hill Tavern Pullen, Henry, Bull Purssord, William, grocer, etc Redsell, John, boot and shoe maker Redsell, Thomas, cow keeper Reed, Richard, boot and shoe maker Reynolds, James, coal merchant Robinson, James, baker Robinson, William, farmer Roots, Martin, butcher Russell, John, shopkeeper Saxton, James, and Son, wine and spirit merchants Scudder, William, coal dealer Sedgwick, Samuel, chemist Sevenoaks, William, plumber, etc. Sewell, Joseph, cooper Stone, Philip, butcher Stoneham, Edward, farmer Stoneham, Frederick, farmer Strickland, Samuel, miller Swaisland, Charles, silk and calico printer Thomson, John, baker Tomey, Edward, bell hanger Upton, James, Jolly Farmers, and saw mills West, David, grocer etc Whiffin, William, carpenter Whitehead, John, baker Wilder, George, cow keeper |