Find out more about Crayford and its rich history.
Welcome! Crayford is an area of the London Borough of Bexley. It was previously in Kent. This website brings our heritage alive by showcasing a series of projects we have done about aspects of the town’s history. Find out more about us or get in touch.
Projects
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Featured project
The Vindication of Christmas
The story of how Parliament first cancelled Christmas in 1647 and Crayford’s role in the Second English Civil War.
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Alcock and Brown: the Knights of the Air
Alcock and Brown were the first men to fly non-stop across the Atlantic in the Crayford designed Vickers Vimy. -
The Fabric of our Town
A Social History of Textile Printing in Crayford -
The Legend of Hengest
How a legendary Anglo-Saxon warrior won the Battle of Crayford -
Bartram, The Blitz & Beyond
The Story of a Charlton fan from Crayford evacuated in World War 2 -
Shovell & the Longitude
How the death of Crayford’s famous Admiral shaped the Modern World -
Vickers’ Crayford
The Magnificent Town and its Flying Machines -
Wilfred Salmon
2nd Lt Wilfred Salmon and the First Blitz -
Private William White
Crayford’s Unknown Warrior from WW1
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