Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Crayford

Crayford, par. and vil. with ry. sta., W. Kent, 8 miles SE. of Greenwich, 2457 ac. (29 water) and 144 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 4347; P.O., T.O.; has calico and felt carpet printing works, and silk and Brussels carpet manufactories.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Crayford AP/CP       Kent AncC
Place: Crayford

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