The Village
T. PAUL'S CRAY a village on the banks of the River Cray and a Brook which is opposite the Church of St. Paulinus. The area of St. Paul's Cray is a lot bigger encompassing Midfield, Cottmandene, Broomwood, Hobblingwell on the West side of the river and St. Pauls Cray Hill and estates rising up the East bank. Originally, the main employment would have been Nash's Mill and Joynson's Mill in St. Mary Cray and agriculture. Then the mechanisation of transport and manufacture brought the industry along the Arterial Road and also the commute to London.
Pauls Cross and The Bull Inn
AN old weatherboarded painted white pub in the old village of St Pauls Cray. It has two bars with low ceilings, wooden beams and steps as you enter. The pub was grade II listed in 1973. The Bull Inn stands on the cross roads once known as Pauls Cross. The main road from the West came from the Sidcup/Foots Cray area passing the bottom of Scadbury and Grays Farm. The road from the North is Sandy Lane and the East road is Chapmans Lane. The road south goes to St. Mary Cray. This was quite an important cross roads up until the new arterial road (Sevenoaks Way) was built as connected the north of the Crays to St. Mary Cray and later the station, Orpington and down to Sevenoaks.
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River Cottages, home for the some workers of the Nash Paper Mills in its hayday
The Old School House and the Brook
William Nash, owner of the Nash Paper Mill moved from the Mill House to Craylands House, High Street, St. Pauls Cray