Place:


Bromley  Kent

 

In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Bromley like this:

Bromley.-- market town and par., W. Kent, on river Ravensbourne, 8 miles SE. of London by rail, 4725 ac., pop. 15,154; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank, 3 newspapers.Market-day, Thursday. B. was at one time the residence of the Bishops of Rochester. It possesses a college for clergymen's widows, and a medicinal spring strongly impregnated with chalybeate. One mile NW. of the town is Bromley Hill House.

Bromley through time

Click here for graphs and data of how Bromley has changed over two centuries. For statistics for historical units named after Bromley go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bromley in Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/269

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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