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Identifier: archaeologiacant33kent (find matches)
Title: Archaeologia cantiana
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Kent Archaeological Society. cn
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Publisher: (London) Kent Archaeological Society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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tionat the change since the time when from the Plough Innthere was scarcely a house to be seen to cheer the benightedtraveller. There were, it is true, at the extremity of theCommon a few scattered cottages ; these may have served asa relief to the eye of the stranger while viewing so extensivea space of unproductive land. At that period there wasclearly no demand for open spaces. As far as one can judgethe popular feeling, it seems to have been in favour ofenclosure. Apparently no picture of Bromley Common exists, butfrom the lie of the land and from existing commons in theneighbourhood its appearance can well be imagined. It wascovered with heath, furze, fern and rushes. Doubtless there Sketch Plan ofBROMLEY COMMON Enclosed under Act of Parliament 1821,Compiled from Awards map 1826. andOrdnance Survey map 1898. Scnle of Yards00 200 300 400 500 ^,0° 7°° The boundaries of tne Common, the Scrubs,and the small patches of waste land to thenorth are shown by dotted lines thus:- - - - -
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