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Bexkleyheath & Crayford – 1994

Bexkleyheath & Crayford: I spent several days in mid-August in Bexley in south-east London visiting Bexleyheath, Crayford and Barnes Cray and some of the areas around, and returned to the area the following month. I think all the pictures in this post were made in August.

Crayford, Bexley, 1994, 94-812-45
Crayford, Bexley, 1994, 94-812-45

Crayford obviously gets its name from a ford over the River Cray, the major tributary of the River Darent which it joins not far from here and short distance from where this flows into the Thames. Its name is thought to mean a fast flowing stream and it powered an number of mills on its route – including a paper mill at Crayford. The tidal creek is still navigable from the Thames to Crayford, and was apparently canalised in 1845. There were still barges serving the flour mill in the 1980s.

Crayford, Bexley, 1994, 94-812-33
Crayford, Bexley, 1994, 94-812-33
Crayford, Bexley, 1994, 94-812-34
Crayford, Bexley, 1994, 94-812-34
Crayford, Bexley, 1994, 94-812-35
Crayford, Bexley, 1994, 94-812-35

Taken through the links of a fence.

The Frontier Post, Bar & Grill, Bexleyheath, Bexley, 1994, 94-812-21
The Frontier Post, Bar & Grill, Bexleyheath, Bexley, 1994, 94-812-21
Spitfire Hall, Air Training Corps, Swaisland Drive, Crayford, Bexley, 1994, 94-812-11
Spitfire Hall, Air Training Corps, Swaisland Drive, Crayford, Bexley, 1994, 94-812-11
Sainsburys, Petrol Station, Roman Way, Crayford, Bexley, 1994, 94-812-12
Sainsburys, Petrol Station, Roman Way, Crayford, Bexley, 1994, 94-812-12

I returned to Crayford and Barnes Cray the following month, making a number of colour panoramas as well as black and white picture pictures which I’ll post at some time later – or you can find them in my Flickr albums for 1994.

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