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'''Crayford''' is a town and [[Wards of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] in [[South London|South East]] London, England, within the [[London Borough of Bexley]]. It lies east of [[Bexleyheath]] and north west of [[Dartford]]. Crayford was in the [[Historic counties of England|historic county]] of [[Kent]] until 1965. The settlement developed by the [[river Cray]], around a ford that is no longer used.

==History==
An [[Iron Age Britain|Iron Age]] settlement existed in the vicinity of the present [[Church of St Paulinus|St&nbsp;Paulinus Church]] between the [[Caesar's invasion of Britain|Julian]] and [[Roman conquest of Britain|Claudian invasions of Britain]], from roughly 30&nbsp;BC to AD&nbsp;40. Roman ruins have been discovered and Crayford is one of several places proposed as the site of [[Noviomagus Cantiacorum]], a place mentioned in the [[Antonine Itinerary]] as being on the Roman equivalent of the later [[Watling Street]]. Crayford is also plausible as the site of the bloody [[battle of Crecganford]] ("Creeks[[river ford|ford]]") in 457 in which Hengist defeated [[Vortimer]] to become the supreme sovereign of [[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brayley |first1=Edward Wedlake |title=The Beauties of England and Wales; or, Original Delineations Topographical, Historical and Descriptive of Each Country. Vol.VII. |date=1808 |publisher=Thomas Maiden Sherbourn-Lane |location=London |pages=550 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433075909048;view=1up;seq=768 |access-date=9 March 2019 |ref=Hathi Trust Digital Library}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Schofield |first1=John |title=The Building of London: From the Conquest to the Great Fire |date=1999 |publisher=Sutton |isbn=0750921838 |page=21 |edition=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xh0XAQAAIAAJ&q=crayford |access-date=8 August 2018}}</ref> The [[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]] written around 400 years later describes how [[Hengist]] and [[Oisc|Æsc]] defeated the "Brettas" at that battle.

Crayford is mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]], which was compiled just prior to 1086, as a settlement within the [[Little and Lesnes Hundred|Hundred of Litlelee]] with a church, three mills, and a relatively large population of 27 regular householders ([[villein]]s) and two [[smallholder]]s. Its overlord was not a private individual or the king but [[Christ Church, Canterbury]].<ref>[http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TQ5177/crayford/ Domesday Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220131633/http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TQ5177/crayford/ |date=20 February 2015 }} Retrieved 2013-08-23</ref>

As a [[civil parishes in England|(civil/combined) parish]] (before 1920) it included the hamlets of [[North End, Bexley|Northend]], Perry Street and [[Slade Green]] which lie to the north. In 1831, the population of the parish was 2022 people.<ref name=pigots>[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shebra/pigots_1840_-_crayford,_erith_&c_.htm 'Pigots 1840', on website freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shebra/pigots_1840] accessed 5 December 2007</ref> For centuries it was strongly associated with brick-making, the printing of silk scarves, ties and calico cloths, and for a short period carpet-making.

[[File:Crayford,_Manor_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_173749.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Crayford Manor House, reconstructed in 1816]]
[[File:May Place, Crayford.jpg|thumb|1887 photograph of May Place]]
There were two main Manor Houses in the area during the [[Middle Ages]], [[Newbery Manor]] on the site of what is now Crayford Manor House, and Howbury Manor next to Slade Green. Roger Apylton had served Kings [[Henry V of England|Henry V]] and [[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]] as auditor, and resided at Marshalls Court, Crayford. Late in the reign of [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]] Henry Partich sold Newbery Manor to Henry Apylton of Marshalls Court, and Apylton built [[May Place]] close by.<ref name=brithist>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol2/pp263-285 British History Online version of Edward Hasted's History of Kent Volume 2] accessed 10 February 2016</ref> [[Hall Place]], which lies alongside the River Cray, was built for [[Lord Mayor of the City of London]], [[John Champneys|Sir John Champneis]], in around 1537. There was also an Iron Mill, which was later replaced by a saw mill (in 1765), which produced the timber for the floor of [[Buckingham Palace]].<ref name="pigots" /> In 1551 [[Francis Goldsmith (by 1518–1586)|Francis Goldsmith]] bought a 'Great tenement called The Place' next to the bridge in Crayford, and between 1556 and 1586 purchased substantial amounts of local farmland and the Old Bell Public House.<ref name=goldsmith>[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/goldsmith-francis-1586 History of Parliament page on Francis Goldsmith] accessed 10 February 2016</ref>

In 1623 most of the parish of Crayford was purchased by Merchant Taylor Robert Draper<ref name=cresheld>[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/draper-cresheld-1646-94 History of Parliament article on Cresheld Draper] accessed 10 February 2016</ref> including Newbery Manor, Howbury Manor, Marshalls Court and May Place, where his family took up residence. Draper's wife Anne was the daughter of [[Thomas Harman]] who lived at Ellam House which subsequently passed to the Drapers.<ref name=froyle>[http://www.froyle.com/facet23.htm Facets of Froyle website articles on the Draper family] accessed 10 February 2016</ref> The ownerships subsequently passed to Robert Draper's son William, who was selected to be the Sheriff of the County of Kent but died in 1650 before taking office, and then to Robert's grandson, parliamentarian [[Cresheld Draper]]. On the death of Cresheld Draper in 1694, his heirs sold all the properties to [[Cloudesley Shovell|Sir Cloudesley Shovell]]'.<ref name=froyle />

Crayford Manor House was rebuilt in the eighteenth century, at the time essentially a farmhouse until it was remodelled in 1816 for the Rev. Thomas Barne. [[Historic England]] state it was built piecemeal over several periods, with a porch and [[Italianate]] features being added to the 1816 building.<ref name=manor>[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1412621 Historic England assessmengt of Crayford Manor House] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207205159/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1412621 |date=7 February 2016 }} accessed 7 February 2016</ref>

Other notable 19th-century local houses included Shenstone (built around 1828 and demolished 1974, the site is now Shenstone School, with Shenstone's former grounds now being Shenstone Park),<ref name=shenst>[http://www.parksandgardens.org/places-and-people/site/8050 Parks & Gardens website page on Shenstone Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208012004/http://www.parksandgardens.org/places-and-people/site/8050 |date=8 February 2016 }} accessed 7 February 2016</ref> Stoneyhurst (which became Stoneyhurst Convent High School and is now the site of St Catherine's Roman Catholic School for Girls),<ref name=maxim2>[http://www.dartfordarchive.org.uk/technology/engin_maxim.shtml Dartford Council website article on Hiram Maxim] Accessed 7 February 2016</ref><ref name=convent>[http://www.boroughphotos.org/bexley/pcd_1406/ Bexley Boroughs Photos website text accompanying picture of Stoneyhurst Convent High School] accessed 9 February 2016</ref> Martens Grove and Oakwood - the latter two designed by architect [[John Shaw Jr.]] and built by George Locke of builders Locke & Nesham with each occupying one of the houses.<ref name=shaw>[http://www.bexley.gov.uk/article/10663/Martens-Grove-and-Oakwood Bexley Council article on Martens and Oakwood] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215005811/http://www.bexley.gov.uk/article/10663/Martens-Grove-and-Oakwood |date=15 February 2016 }} accessed 7 February 2016</ref>

===Industrialisation===
In 1819, the former saw mill site became a flour mill. Another major employer was the silk works set up by [[Augustus Applegath]] and later run by David Evans. The Maxim Nordenfeldt Gun and Ammunition Factory was also a major employer, until taken over by the [[Vickers Company]] in 1897. Vickers built military aeroplanes and armaments and became the dominant employer, building homes, a theatre and a canteen close to many workshops. The canteen (built during the [[First World War]]) was converted for use by the [[Crayford Urban District]] Council as [[Crayford Town Hall]] and is a locally listed building.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bexley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2020-05/Local-List-November-2019.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023151456/https://www.bexley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2020-05/Local-List-November-2019.pdf |archive-date=2021-10-23 |url-status=live|title=Local List| publisher=London Borough of Bexley|date=1 November 2019|accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref>

Another former major employer in Crayford was Dussek Brothers (part of Burmah-[[Castrol]] since the 1960s) who operated their oils and waxes blending business on Thames Road from around 1928 until the site was bought by BP and subsequently closed down in 2001. The entire site was demolished in early 2010. The David Evans silk works is another recent closure, in 2002.

In 1982 a [[housing cooperative]] was built at Craymill next to the A206 road.<ref>CDS https://www.cds.coop/for-co-ops/co-op/craymill/ </ref>

==Demography==
According to the 2011 census, 84% of the population is White British.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/crayford-e05000071|title=Crayford - UK Census Data 2011|first=Good Stuff IT|last=Services}}</ref>

==Leisure==
[[File:Cray Gardens, Crayford.jpg|thumb|right|Crayford Gardens, with the River Cray running through it, lies in the centre of Crayford.]]

Crayford has a theatre and a greyhound racing track. The theatre was named in honour of [[Geoffrey Whitworth]] who played a key part in developing a British tradition of amateur drama and in building political support for The [[Royal National Theatre]]. The new Crayford Community Centre, located above the library, is the venue for many groups.<ref name=ccc>[https://arena.yourlondonlibrary.net/web/bexley/ccc Crayford Community Centre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207205841/https://arena.yourlondonlibrary.net/web/bexley/ccc |date=7 February 2016 }} Your London Library; accessed 7 February 2016</ref>

Nearby [[Hall Place]] is a [[scheduled monument]] lying between Crayford and [[Bexley]]. It has gardens with the River Cray running through and a plant nursery, a cafe and restaurant plus the silkworks shop.

The large Sainsbury's supermarket situated next to the greyhound stadium was claimed by Sainsbury's to be the world first's use of technology which heats the store using natural energy captured through boreholes buried hundreds of metres beneath the ground and was at the time of its expansion (2010) the largest Sainsbury's in England.<ref name="sains-eco">[http://www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/media/latest-stories/2010/20100929-sainsburys-gets-bigger-as-it-opens-its-biggest-stores-in-england-scotland-and-wales-in-just-one-week/ Sainsburys article on largest stores in England, Scotland and Wales] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303035700/http://www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/media/latest-stories/2010/20100929-sainsburys-gets-bigger-as-it-opens-its-biggest-stores-in-england-scotland-and-wales-in-just-one-week/ |date=3 March 2016 }} J Sainsbury; accessed 7 February 2016</ref>

The Tower Retail Park is opposite Crayford Town Hall.

The High Street is partly one-way for motor traffic.<ref name=island>[http://completelyretail.co.uk/media/scheme/2408/CR_RW_2408_Crayford_Retail_Park_Crayford_brochure_15.pdf Developer plans for new Crayford retail park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207202559/http://completelyretail.co.uk/media/scheme/2408/CR_RW_2408_Crayford_Retail_Park_Crayford_brochure_15.pdf |date=7 February 2016 }} Completely Retail</ref>

===Sport===
[[File:Crayford Town Hall (Southwest View).jpg|thumb|right|[[Crayford Town Hall]]]]
*[[VCD Athletic F.C.|VCD Athletic Football Club]] compete in the [[Isthmian League Premier Division]] ('VCD' stands for Vickers, Crayford and Dartford). They play at Oakwood stadium, on Old Road, Crayford, which they share with [[Kent Football United F.C.|Kent Football United]]
*Crayford Arrows Sports Club<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crayfordarrows.org.uk/home.html|title=Crayford Arrows Sports Club: Football in the Community|publisher=Crayford Arrows FC|access-date=26 October 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903221415/http://www.crayfordarrows.org.uk/home.html|archive-date=3 September 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a local football team, established in 1981
*Speedway racing was staged at Crayford Greyhound Stadium. The team raced in the inaugural 1968 British League Division Two as the Highwaymen before closing down. In later years the sport was revived and the team were known as the Kestrels. The track subsequently closed and the team moved to Hackney Stadium in East London

==Education==
*Secondary schools in the area include [[Haberdashers' Crayford Academy]]

==Places of worship==
[[File:Southwest View of the Church of Saint Paulinus, Crayford (01).jpg|thumb|St Paulinus Church, as seen from the southwest]]
*Acts 2 Church Crayford,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acts2churchcrayford.com|title=Acts2Church Crayford - A friendly, lively church in Crayford|access-date=28 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106235555/http://www.acts2churchcrayford.com/|archive-date=6 November 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> Haberdashers' Aske's Academy, Iron Mill Lane
*Crayford Baptist Church, Bexley Lane
*[[St. Paulinus Church, Bexley|St Paulinus Church]] (Anglican), Manor Road<ref>{{cite web |title=IDEAL HOMES:A HISTORY OF SOUTH-EAST LONDON SUBURBS |url=http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/bexley/assets/galleries/crayford/st-paulinus-church/st-paulinus-church |access-date=9 April 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*St Mary of the Crays Catholic Church, Old Road
*Crayford Mosque, Crayford High Street

==Locality==
[[File:Crayford ward.PNG|thumb|Crayford ward (green) within the [[London Borough of Bexley]] (yellow)]]

===Nearest places===
* [[Bexleyheath, London, England|Bexleyheath]]
* [[Dartford]]
* [[Barnes Cray]]
* [[Slade Green]]
* [[Barnehurst]]
* [[Erith]]
* [[Bexley]]

==Transport==
===Rail===
[[Crayford railway station]] connects the town with [[Southeastern (train operating company)|Southeastern]] services to [[Charing Cross railway station|London Charing Cross]] via [[Sidcup railway station|Sidcup]], [[Cannon Street railway station|London Cannon Street]] via Sidcup and [[Lewisham railway station|Lewisham]], London Cannon Street via [[Woolwich Arsenal railway station|Woolwich Arsenal]] and [[Greenwich railway station|Greenwich]], [[Dartford railway station|Dartford]] and [[Gravesend railway station|Gravesend]].<ref>[https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/CRY.aspx Crayford] National Rail Enquiries</ref>

===Buses===
Crayford is served by three [[Transport for London]] bus services.
*[[London Buses route 96|96]] to [[Woolwich]] via [[Bexleyheath]] and [[Welling]], and to [[Bluewater (shopping centre)|Bluewater]] via [[Dartford]]
*[[London Buses route 428|428]] to [[Erith]] and to Bluewater via Dartford
*[[London Buses route 492|492]] to [[Sidcup]] via Bexleyheath and to Bluewater via Dartford

==Notable residents==
[[File:Alcock and Brown Sculpture, Crayford (01).jpg|thumb|right|A sculpture of Alcock and Brown near the location of the (demolished) Vickers factory in Crayford]]
*[[Semi Ajayi]], footballer who plays for [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]] and the [[Nigeria national football team]]<ref name="11v11">{{cite web |title=Semi Ajayi |url=http://www.11v11.com/players/semi-ajayi-240514/|publisher=11v11 |access-date=1 December 2015}}</ref>
*[[Augustus Applegath]], inventor who built Shenstone House<ref name=shenstone>[http://www.bexley.gov.uk/article/10376/Crayford Bexley Council article 'Crayford'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121055306/http://www.bexley.gov.uk/article/10376/Crayford |date=21 January 2016 }} accessed 7 February 2016</ref>
*[[Thomas Bevan (cricketer)|Thomas Bevan]], soldier and played first-class cricket for the [[British Army cricket team]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=McCrery |first1=Nigel |title=The Coming Storm: Test and First-Class Cricketers Killed in World War Two |date=2011 |publisher=Pen and Sword |pages=104–5 |volume=2nd volume |isbn=978-1526706980 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RYQwDwAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Algernon Blackwood]], author, journalist and broadcaster, lived in Crayford Manor House between 1871 and 1880<ref name=manor />
* [[William Claiborne]], surveyor of [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]] in the [[Colony of Virginia|Virginia Colony]] and established the first permanent European settlement in [[Maryland]]<ref name=claiborne>[http://freespace.virgin.net/rod.clayburn/clayburn/usa/wc2.htm Clayburn Family website page about Thomas Claiborne] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626051952/http://freespace.virgin.net/rod.clayburn/clayburn/usa/wc2.htm |date=26 June 2010 }} accessed 10 February 2016</ref><ref name=kentisland>[http://www.kentisland.com/kent-island-history.php Kent Island website history page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131319/http://www.kentisland.com/kent-island-history.php |date=4 March 2016 }} accessed 10 February 2016</ref><ref name=virginia>[http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/000200/000246/html/246bio.html Archives of Maryland biography of William Claiborne by Jennifer Copeland] accessed 10 February 2016</ref><ref name=newkent>[http://newkentvahist.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/the-geographical-transformation-of-new.html New Kent History Blog article on its establishment] accessed 10 February 2016</ref> 
*[[George Green (footballer, born 1891)|George Green]], footballer<ref name = FATS>{{cite book|last1=Chalk|first1=Gary|last2=Holley|first2=Duncan|last3=Bull|first3=David|title=All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC|year=2013|location=Southampton|publisher=Hagiology Publishing|isbn=978-0-9926-8640-6|page=78}}</ref> 
* [[Thomas Harman]], author who resided in Crayford from 1547<ref name=harman>[https://books.google.com/books?id=F5GF2TNkKz4C&q=harman&pg=PA116 Rogues & Early Modern English Culture (University of Michigan Press, Craig Dionne & Steve Mentz, Editors] {{ISBN|0-472-03177-5}}) page 106 shown at books.google.co.uk accessed 10 February 2016</ref>
*[[Henry Nuttall]], cricketer<ref>{{cite web|title=Henry Nuttall|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31765/31765.html|website=cricketarchive.com|access-date=25 November 2016}}</ref> 
*[[Keith Peacock|Keith]] and [[Gavin Peacock]], father and son footballers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Surnames beginning with P|url=http://www.bexley.gov.uk/article/3369/Surnames-beginning-with-P|publisher=London Borough of Bexley|access-date=9 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220075533/http://www.bexley.gov.uk/article/3369/Surnames-beginning-with-P|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*[[Cloudesley Shovell]], admiral who lived at May Place between 1694 and 1707<ref name=mayplace1>[http://www.crayfordhistory.co.uk/library/documents/May-Place.pdf CrayfordHistory website article about May Place] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827095225/http://www.crayfordhistory.co.uk/library/documents/May-Place.pdf |date=27 August 2010 }} accessed 7 February 2016</ref>
*[[Sir Frederick Currie, 1st Baronet|Frederick Currie]], lived at the Manor House, May Place
*[[Hiram Stevens Maxim|Hiram Maxim]], inventor, lived at Stoneyhurst from 1884 until 1889<ref name="maxim2"/><ref name=maxim>[http://www.bexley.gov.uk/article/10723/Hiram-Maxim Bexley Council website article on Hiram Maxim] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207204824/http://www.bexley.gov.uk/article/10723/Hiram-Maxim |date=7 February 2016 }} Accessed 7 February 2016</ref>
*[[Derek Ufton]], played cricket for Kent and [[association football|football]] for [[Charlton Athletic]]<ref name=ufton>[http://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/a-remarkable-sporting-life-derek-ufton 'A Remarkable Sporting Life' - article about Derek Ufton on Kent Cricket website] accessed 10 February 2016</ref> 
*[[John Wall (inventor)|Jack Wall]], inventor of the [[Crayford focuser]]<ref name=focuser>[http://www.astronomics.com/main/category.asp/catalog_name/Astronomics/category_name/GPPM30TX16PT8MEGHTP24W1JD4/Page/1 Description of the Crayford Focuser] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010222744/http://www.astronomics.com/main/category.asp/catalog_name/Astronomics/category_name/GPPM30TX16PT8MEGHTP24W1JD4/Page/1 |date=10 October 2007 }} accessed 28 November 2007</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=1190&st=crayford A description of Crayford in c. 1870] in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]] (from the 'Vision of Britain' website)
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genmaps/genfiles/COU_files/ENG/KEN/barlow-hastead_little-etc_1800.html Two maps of the area c.1800] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327030631/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genmaps/genfiles/COU_files/ENG/KEN/barlow-hastead_little-etc_1800.html |date=27 March 2008 }}
*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10040383&c_id=10001043 Maps of Crayford Parish in the past]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[http://www.barrysmag.com A diary listing musicians booked to appear at the Bear and Ragged Staff public house, 2 London Road] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210051452/http://www.barrysmag.com/ |date=10 February 2011 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061001232054/http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/cray_plc.htm North West Kent Family History Society - Crayford Parish Page]
*[http://cmhas.wikispaces.com/ Crayford Manor House Astronomical Society] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708035755/http://cmhas.wikispaces.com/ |date=8 July 2009 }}
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/destinysagent/3138834648/ The brick-faced Town Hall, built as a canteen and offices for Vickers' staff and subsequently used for tea dances and other community events, now a clinic with flats above]
*[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Vickers_(Crayford) Summary of Vickers' mergers/acquisitions]
*[http://www.thegwt.org.uk/ The Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre]
*[http://www.crayford-tubes.co.uk Crayford Tubes]

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