Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CRAY (St. Pauls)

CRAY (St. Pauls), a parish in Bromley district, Kent; on the rivulet Cray, ¾ of a mile NNE of St. Mary-Cray r. station, and 4½ E of Bromley. It has a post office under Foots-Cray, London, S. E. Acres, 1, 651. Real property, £3, 556. Pop., 532. Houses, 102. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £483.* Patron, Viscount Sydney. The church is Norman and early English; and its chancel was lately restored. There are a national school and charities £4.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: St Pauls Cray Parish       Bromley Poor Law Union/Registration District       Kent Ancient County
Place names: CRAY     |     CRAY ST PAULS     |     ST PAULS CRAY
Place: St Pauls Cray

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