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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
BROMLEY is a town, pleasantly situated in the Western Division of the county,
ten
miles from London, 14 miles from Sevenoaks, and six miles from Greenwich,
south-by-east. The nearest railway station is Sydenham. The population in 1851
was 4,127. It is in the hundred of Bromley Ruxley, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, and
union of Bromley; it is also a county court district for sixteen parishes, held
every month at the White Hart Inn. The church of St. Paul is an ancient edifice,
has a low tower at the west end, and has an excellent peal of eight bells. It is
in the diocess of Canterbury. ,The living is a perpetual curacy; the Rev. James
Edward Newell, M.A., is the incumbent, and the Rev. J. Edwards, M.A., curate.
The Bishop of Rochester is the patron and impropriator of the great tithes.
There is also a church, or chapel of ease, dedicated to the Holy Trinity; it is
a neat structure, being built in the Gothic style of architecture.
The living is a perpetual curacy; the Rev. Arthur Rawson, M.A., incumbent. Here
are four dissenting places of worship, two Independents' and two Wesleyans'.
Here is a savings' bank, and a literary institution, with an extensive library.
The town is well paved, and lighted with gas.
POST-OFFICE. - Joseph Bradley Shillcock, Postmaster. Money Orders are granted
and paid at this Office.
Savings' Bank. - Richard J. Denness, Secretary, High street.
Public Houses in Bromley
Traders in Bromley in 1858
GENTRY.
| Adams, Rev. C., M.A., chaplain, College Allen, John, Esq., Mason's hill Bacon, Miss Mary, Widmore lane Baldwin, Thomas R., Esq., Elmstead Baldwin, J., Esq., Widmore lane Banks, Mrs. Elizabeth, Common Bannister, Mrs. Mary C., Rose Villas, Common Barham, Mr Robert, Common Barrett, Mr Richard, Common Barry T Esq., Elmsfield Bate, Miss, Martin's hill Bell, Peter, Esq.,, Elmstead Lodge Bilke, Edward, Esq., Mill Cottage Blaxland, Mrs, Widmore lane Boycott, J, Esq., Mill Cottage Boyd, Robert, Esq., county magistrate, Plaistow Lodge Child, Mrs., Mason's hill Child, Coles, Esq., Palace Clarke, Miss, Redwood House Cleveland, Mr. George, Common Cooper, Miss, Bromley Hill Dent, William, Esq., Bickley Park Devas, Frederick, Esq., Bromley Lodge Devoll, Mr. Richard, Common Drinkwater, Mrs,, Rose Villas Dunn, Mr. Edward, Mason's hill Edwards, Rev. _, Rochester Cottage . Ellis, Thomas. R, Esq., Widmore lane . . Gissen, _, Esq., Widmore lane Hargrave, Mrs Harris, Mrs., Common , Hebbert, Henry, Esq., Common Hendy, 3,, Esq., Widmore lane Hillyer, W., Esq., Widmore lane Hodsell, Mrs., Common Hooper, Alfred D., Esq.;, Rochester place Hunt, Mrs., Common Hutchinson, Mrs., Lawn Villa, Farwig Innous, Mr. John, Mason's hill Jackson, Henry, Esq., Common James, Thomas, Esq., Common James, T., Esq., Common Jell, J., Esq., Common Jessop, Mr. William, Mason's hill Johnson, J. G., Esq., Common Lantour, Mr., Common Latter, William, Esq., Common Latter, Robert B., Esq., Beckenham lane |
Latter, Robinson, Esq., Widmore lane Latter, Mr. William, Common Long, Colonel Samuel, Bromley Hill House Malim, A,, Esq., the Valley Mitchell, G., Esq., Widmore lane Moon, Mrs. Elizabeth, Mason's hill Moyoe, Mr. Henry, Mason's hill Musson, Thomas, Esq., Rochester place Mead, Mis., Gravel pits Newell, Rev. James E., M.A., incumbent of Bromley, Southborongh Noad, David James, Esq., Shawfield Norman, George Warde, Esq., Rookery Norman, Henry, Esq», Oakley House Osborn, Mrs. Rebecca, High street Payne, Mr. Richard John, Common Potts, Charles, Esq., Freelands Porter, Mrs. Mary, High street . Pringle, Miss Susan, Rochester place Rawson, Rev. Arthur, M.A., Oommon Ray, Mr., Farwig Rebet, Mr, Rafe, Rose Villa, Common Reid, John, Esq., Common Reid, Sarnuel Jackson, Market place Roberts, Mrs. Mary, Beachfield Root, J., Esq., Lansel Cottage, Common Sattewaite, William, - Esq., Springfield place Sawkins, Miss, Widmore lane Scott, Mrs., Church House Scott, Samuel, Esq., Sundridge Scudamore, Thomas E., Esq. Martin's hill Shaw, Mr. William, Widmore Shuttleworth, J., Esq., Plaistow Hall Smith, Joseph M., Esq. Soames, E., Esq.,Mason's hill Sparkes, J., Esq., Bromley Starling, William John, Esq., Beckenham lane Storines, Mrs., Common Strode, G., Esq., Elmstead Telford, the Misses, Widmore Thompson, Mr., Homesdale Cottage, Common Titford, R. V., Esq., Common Tolley, Captain, Common Tweedy, Colonel George, Bromley House Vandome, Mrs., Common Verrall, Rev. Robert, Widmore lane Waller, Miss Sarah, Beckenham lane Walter, Mrs. Elizabeth, Common Wells, John J., Esq., J.P., Southborough Wharton, Miss, Widmore lane White, John, Esq., New Farm Woolf, Mrs. Woolrich, Miss, Common |