Local History
Until
its enclosure in 1821, Bromley Common was an area of common land to the
south-east of the prosperous market town of Bromley. There were a few farms
and houses close to its boundaries but nobody living or farming on the common
itself.
Following the enclosure, the area was developed for housing and
agriculture. Within twenty years, the population had grown to about a thousand
and they had a school and a church: Bromley Common had become a village. It
continued to grow, particularly in the 1870s and the 1930s.
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School History
In
1837, two Parish Cottages on the Westerham Turnpike were converted into the Bromley Common Infant School. Nine years
later, the school was described as dark,
damp and dilapidated: it was also grossly overcrowded. The pupils moved to a new
school next to the local church.
In 1935, the children moved again, to the adjacent Princes
Plain site. There it survived major damage caused by a V1 flying bomb but there was a third move in 1984.
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