St. Paulinus, Crayford, Kent

Description

The church of St. Paulinus, which stands, on the site of a Saxon church, is an ancient structure of flint and rag stone in the Perpendicular style, with some Norman remains, and has a tower containing a clock and 8 bells: there is a tomb with life-size figures in marble of Sir William Draper, of Crayford, 1650, and Mary, his wife, 1652; the east window and 10 others are stained: the fabric was restored in 1861 at a cost of about £1,100: the church possesses an engraved brass processional cross, brought from Magdala, in Abyssinia, on its capture by the late Lord Napier, 13 April, 1868, and presented to the church by a former curate: there are 550 sittings.

Church Records

The parish register dates from the year 1558.

Findmypast have the following online for Crayford, St Paulinus: baptisms 1706-1851, marriages 1559-1851, burials 1813-1851