Bromley | |
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Area | |
• 1911 | 28,839 acres (117 km2) |
• 1931 | 28,839 acres (117 km2) |
Population | |
• 1901 | 18,808 |
• 1931 | 39,730 |
History | |
• Created | 1894 |
• Abolished | 1934 |
• Succeeded by | Orpington Urban District, Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District, Municipal Borough of Bromley, Municipal Borough of Beckenham |
Status | Rural district |
• HQ | Municipal Buildings, Bromley |
Bromley was a rural district in north-west Kent, England from 1894 to 1934. Its area now forms part of the London Borough of Bromley in Greater London.[1] It did not include the main settlement of the same name, which constituted the Municipal Borough of Bromley. Mottingham formed an exclave of the district.[2]
It was created under the Local Government Act 1894 based on the existing Bromley rural sanitary district. It initially consisted of fifteen civil parishes:[3]