In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bromley Common like this:
BROMLEY-COMMON, a chapelry in Bromley parish, Kent; 3 miles from Bromley town and r. station. It was constituted in 1843; and has a post office under Bromley. Pop., 1,163. Houses, 237. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £132.* Patron, the Bishop of Worcester. The church was built in 1841, and is a handsome edifice in the Gothic style.
Bromley Common through time
Bromley Common is now part of Bromley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bromley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bromley Common itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bromley Common, in Bromley and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23330
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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