BROMLEY, municipal borough of Kent, England, 1o2 m. S.E. by S. of London by the Southern railway. Pop. (1931) It lies on high ground north of the small River Ravens bourne in a well-wooded district, and has become a favourite residential locality for those whose business lies in London. The former palace of the bishops of Rochester (now a school) was erected in 1777 in place of an older structure. The manor be longed to this see as early as the reign of Ethelbert. In the gardens is a chalybeate spring known as St. Blaize's Well, which was in high repute before the Reformation. The church of St. Peter and St. Paul, mainly Perpendicular, retains a Norman font and other remains of an earlier building. Bromley college was founded by Bishop Warner in 1666 for "twenty poor widows of loyal and orthodox clergymen." In the vicinity of Bromley, Bickley is a similar residential township, and Hayes Common a favourite place of excursion. Bromley was incorporated in 1903, and is governed by a mayor, six aldermen and 18 councillors. Area 4,697 acres. The parliamentary borough of Bromley includes the urban dis tricts of Beckenham and Penge, and had a population of 94,681 in 1921.