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Thumbnail link to a picture of MacDonalds's This McDonald's fast food outlet was once the Sawyers Arms.
Thumbnail link to a drawing of the Sawyers Arms This Sawyers Arms was rebuilt (see above) and later became a MacDonald's
Middle Class School pupils in a carriage in front of the Plough Inn, c1874
Thumbnail link to photographs of milestones This milestone near the school is a reminder that the A21 was a turnpike road.
Thumbnail link to a photograph of the Mission Hall The Bromley Common Mission and Sunday School was founded in 1861
Thumbnail link to a photograph of Rhodes Villas Rhodes Villas was home of the Bromley Common Middle Class School in the 1870s.
Thumbnail link to a photograph of Elmfield House Elmfield was home to Miss Shepherd's School for Girls between 1824 and 1849.
Thumbnail link to a photograph of The Rookery The Rookery was the home of the Norman family. It burnt down in 1946.
Photograph of the North Lodge North Lodge marks the entrance to Oakley House from Oakley Road. There is also a South Lodge
Thumbnail link to a picture of South Lodge. South Lodge marks the entrance to Oakley House from Bromley Common.
Thumbnail link to a photograph of houses at Skym Corner Houses at Skym Corner, once part of a small hamlet on the edge of the common
Thumbnail link to a photograph of Holy Trinity Church. Holy Trinity Church was consecrated in 1841
Thumbnail link to a photograph of Princes Plain clinic Princes Plain Clinic opened c1937
Thumbnail link to a photograph of air raid shelter A WWII air raid shelter in a local garden.
Thumbnail link to photograph of the brewery in Brewery Lane The brewery closed in the early 20th Century and became a laundry. There is a mini-market there now.
Thumbnail link to a photograph of the village hall The village hall opened 1896
 

Brewery Dog Kennel Lane Holy Trinity Just William McDonald's Milestone Mini Market New Baptist North Lodge Rhodes Villas Sawyers Arms Shelter Skym Corner South Lodge Village Hall