CRAYFORD, (Kent) near Dartford, 10 cm. 14 mm. from London, had anciently a ford over the r. Cray, or Crouch, a little above its influx into the Thames. The Abps. of Canterbury who had anciently some possessions in this p. procured a Mt. here on Tu. and a Fair on the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, and 4 days after. In the adjacent heath and fields are sundry caves, supposed to have been dug by the Saxons, for the reception of their wives and children, and their goods, during their wars with the Britons.