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BROMLEY , a municipal See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough in the. See also:Sevenoaks See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Kent, See also:England, 104 m. S.E. by S. of See also:London by the See also:South Eastern & See also:Chatham railway. Pop. (See also:tool) 27,354. It lies on high ground See also:north of the small See also:river Ravensbourne, in a well-wooded See also:district, and has become a favourite residential locality for those whose business lies in London. The former See also:palace of the bishops of See also:Rochester was erected in 1777 in See also:room
of an older structure. The See also:manor belonged to this see as See also:early as the reign of Ethelbert. In the gardens is a chalybeate See also:spring known as St Blaize's Well, which was in high repute before the See also:Reformation. The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter and St See also:Paul, mainly Perpendicular, retains a See also:Norman See also:font and other remains of an earlier See also:building. Here is the gravestone of the wife of Dr See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson. Bromley See also:College, founded by See also:Bishop See also:Warner in 1666 for " twenty poor widows of loyal and orthodox clergymen," has been much enlarged, and See also:forty widows are in See also:receipt of support. 'See also:Sheppard College (184o) is an affiliated See also:foundation for unmarried daughters of these widows. In the vicinity of Bromley, Bickley is a similar residential township, See also:Hayes See also:Common is a favourite See also:place of excursion, and at Holwood See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill near Keston are remains of a large encampment known as See also:Caesar's See also:Camp. Bromley was incorporated in 1903, and is governed by a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. See also:Area, 4703 acres.
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