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Encyclopedia Britannica



BROMLEY

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 634 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BRI-BUN
BROMLEY , a municipal borough in the. Sevenoaks parliamentary division of Kent, England, 104 m. S.E. by S. of London by the
South
  Eastern & Chatham railway. Pop. (
tool
 ) 27,354. It lies on high ground north of the small river Ravensbourne, in a well-wooded
district
 , and has become a favourite residential locality for those whose business lies in London. The former palace of the bishops of Rochester was erected in 1777 in room
of an older structure. The manor belonged to this see as early as the reign of Ethelbert. In the gardens is a chalybeate
spring
  known as St Blaize's Well, which was in high repute before the Reformation. The
church
  of St Peter and St Paul, mainly Perpendicular, retains a Norman font and other remains of an earlier building. Here is the gravestone of the wife of Dr Johnson. Bromley College, founded by
Bishop
  Warner in 1666 for " twenty poor widows of loyal and orthodox clergymen," has been much enlarged, and
forty
  widows are in receipt of support. '
Sheppard
  College (184o) is an affiliated foundation for unmarried daughters of these widows. In the vicinity of Bromley, Bickley is a similar residential township, Hayes Common is a favourite place of excursion, and at Holwood Hill near Keston are remains of a large encampment known as Caesar's Camp. Bromley was incorporated in 1903, and is governed by a mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. Area, 4703 acres.


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