In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Scray like this:
SCRAY, a lathe in the central part of Kent; containing the hundreds of Barkeley, Blackbourne, Boughton, Cranbrooke, East Barnfield, Faversham, Marden, Milton, Newenden, Ospringe, Rolvenden, and Selbrittenden, and the liberties of Sheppey and Teynham. Acres, 193, 582. Pop. in 1851, 59, 936; in 1861, 68, 961. Houses, 12, 527.
Scray through time
Scray is now part of Ashford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Ashford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Scray itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Scray, in Ashford and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20052
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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