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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
THE CRAYS are four respectable villages and parishes, contiguous to each other,
in the lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, Ruxley hundred, and Bromley union, West Kent.
The most important of the four villages is St. Mary Cray, with a population, in
1851, of 1,400. Next is Foot's Cray, which was formerly called Fore's Cray. It
lies on the direct road from London to Maidstone, and is five miles from
Bromley; the population of which, in 1851, was 369, and of North Cray, 570, and
St. Paul's Cray, 554. Each of
these villages has its parish church; they are in the diocese of Canterbury.
SIDCUP is a populous hamlet, two miles N.E. of Chislehurst, and one mile N.W. of
Foot's Cray. The church, dedicated to St. John, was erected in 1844, and is a
neat edifice, in the Gothic style of architecture. Here is a Police station of
the R division, at which petty sessions are held the second Monday in every
month, for the Western Division of the county.
NORTH END.
GENTRY.
Boura, Edward, Esq., North End Villa | Martin, Thomas, Esq.
TRADERS.
Blaker, Peter, barge owner
Brice, John, Plough
Burton, Mrs. Mary, beer retailer
Collier, William, farmer
Jordan, George, beer retailer
Smith, Joshua, baker, etc
BARN'S CRAY.
TRADERS.
Casselton, William, farmer
Tomlinson, Edwin, and Co., India Rubber Works
ST. MARY CRAY.
GENTRY.
Joynson, Edmund Hamborough, Esq.
Joynson, Mr. William
Sloman, Rev. Samuel, Independent
Smith, Thomas Heckstall, Esq.
Watson, Rev. H., Curate
Public Houses in St Mary Cray
TRADERS.
| Ayre, Joseph, Black Boy
Bateman, John, grocer Coll, Charles E., linen draper Cripps, William, chemist, grocer, and postmaster Crowhurst, Thomas, butcher Donmall, George, Five Bells Dove, William S., baker Duke, William, bricklayer Dunn, Henry, grocer and baker Figgiss, George, farmer Fordham, William, butcher Greenslade, Thomas, tailor Hammond, George, farmer Hardstone, John, wheelwright Heather, Thomas, shopkeeper Hills, William, bricklayer James, Mrs. Frances, baker Jeal, Havvey, boot and shoe maker Jewell, Isabella, Bull Inn Joynson and Son, paper manufacturers Kelsey, William G., grocer and ironmonger |
Lawrence, George, saddler Mead, Thomas, Anchor Messenger, George, baker Moore, Joseph, beer retailer, etc Packman, Thomas, Swan Parson, John, cabinet maker Reeves, George, carpenter Smith, Robert James, plumber Smith, Thomas H., surgeon Snelling, Joseph, miller Spearing, John, Red Lion Spooner, Abraham, shoemaker Stanger, Philip, draper, etc. Stiles, Richard, ironmonger Stiles, Thomas, blacksmith Thames, John, shoe warehouse Townsend, Robert, carpenter Townsend, Philip, beer retailer Tyman, William, police sergeant Tyrrell, John, hairdresser Walkden, Mrs. Mary, grocer Whitmore, Thomas, currier and leather seller |