Place:Bromley Rural, Kent, England

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NameBromley Rural
TypeRural district
Coordinates51.4°N 0.1°E
Located inKent, England     (1894 - 1974)
See alsoOrpington, Kent, Englandurban district to which most of the parishes were transferred in 1934
Bromley, Kent, Englandurban district into which some parishes were transferred
Bromley (London Borough), Greater London, EnglandLondon District covering part of the area since 1965
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Bromley Rural District was located in northwest Kent, England from 1894 to 1934. Its area now forms part of the London Borough of Bromley in Greater London. It did not include the main settlement of Bromley; which constituted the Municipal Borough of Bromley. Mottingham parish was an exclave of the district.

It was created under the Local Government Act 1894 based on the existing Bromley Rural Sanitary District. It initially consisted of fifteen civil parishes:

Parishes

ParishJoinedEndAlterationDistrict post 1934
Chelsfield 1894 1934 Orpington Urban District in 1934
Chislehurst 1894 1900 expanded to included Sidcup and North Cray in 1934Urban District of Chislehurst in 1900
Cudham 1894 1934 Orpington Urban District in 1934
Downe 1894 1934 Orpington Urban District in 1934
Farnborough 1894 1934 Orpington Urban District in 1934
Hayes 1894 1934 split between Bromley and Beckenham Urban District in 1934
Keston 1894 1934 split between Orpington Urban District and Bromley Urban District in 1934
Knockholt 1894 1934 Orpington Urban District in 1934
Mottingham 1894 1934 detached hamlettransferred to Eltham, Kent
North Cray 1894 1934 Urban District of Chislehurst and Sidcup in 1934
Orpington 1894 1935 Orpington Urban District in 1934
Sidcup 1894 1902 Urban District of Chislehurst and Sidcup in 1934
St. Mary Cray 1894 1934 Orpington Urban District in 1934
St. Paul's Cray 1894 1934 Orpington Urban District in 1934
West Wickham 1894 1934 Beckenham Urban District in 1934
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