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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.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town and parish" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Bromley Parish Kent Ancient County |
| Place: | Bromley |
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