Mural based on 1844 map of Bromley by Phillipa Threlfall, now a well known artist living in Somerset (philippa@blackdogofwells.com)

A visit by the Duke of York (later KIng George VI) to Bromley in 1920. The Central Hall was situated opposite Blythe Road but was bady damaged in WW2 and demolished in the 1960s.

Top: upper High Street 1863 looking towards the Market Square.

Lower: Probably 1880s when Covell and Harris had almagamated, located now between Primark and Church Road. Correctly, the Bromley Coffee Tavern and Baths.

Bromley Parish Church 1795. Odd view with high ground to the rear.

Another well-known print of Martins Hill with Trevor's annotations. It dates to at least prior to 1892 when the Catford Loop line would have emerged from the lower right into Shortlands statiion.

The Church Road entrance to Martins Hill. The ornate water fountain has since been moved to the bottom of the hill. The lodge is still extant.

The Bell  Inn and Hotel, before rebuilding.

Another, undated, view of the old Bell. The even older houses and shops beyond sitll exist.

A later picture of the Bell Hotel on the right looking up the High Street. There appears to be some sort of celebration. Probably early years of the 19th century.

The top picture must be much earlier than 1900 as Widmore Lane was renamed 30 years before. There were three W. Baxters so it is difficult to date.

The fire station is still in South Street.

Bromley Market Square. The cost of the building was bourne by Coles Child, the Lord of the Manor.

Another drawing by John Weald. The premises of Freeman, Hardy & Willis at 4/5 Market Square should make this easy to orientate, but even allowing some artistic licence, the road pattern is odd.

An easily identifiable picture of the northern side of the Market Square with the same shops on the left but reflecting reality. The view is not dissimilar today.

The cut through on the west side of the Market Sqare apparently being used as a one-way street. Taken around 1910, the buildings in the background and far left are still the same.

John Weald again with a view of the Market Square from the south and with recognisable buildings prior to the removal of the old town hall. However, the perspective of the buildings on the right (some of which still exist) is odd.

Not actually a picture taken in Bromley (the coach is outside the Rose Hotel) but Trevor's listing of local stage coaches which would have stopped at the Bell or the White Hart is of interest.

A view towards the Market Square with the White Hart on the right. This is the site now being refurbished for the Central Library. The White Hart was demolished in the 1960s. The White Hart pub sculpture can just be seen above the porch.

The New Theatre on the west side of Bromley High Street following the disastrous fire in 1971 . The proscenium arch can just be seen on the left.

Undated: Churchill Theatre probably around 1980.

The Broadway, Bromley, undated but probably 1950s.

An event well-rembered by older residents when Harrison Gibsons burnt down in 1968. The picture must have been taken from the Wolfe and Hollander building on the other side of Ringers Road.

The art deco exterior and interior of the Gaumont in 1961, one of three cinemas in Bromley at the time. Since then the building has undergone major alterations and several changes of ownership.

Bromley South station by John Weald. The houses on the right back on to Simpsons Road.

Well known view of Bromley (South) prior to widening in 1894. The Goods Shed behind the footbridge survived until the building of Kentish Way.

Two drawings of Bromley Cottage Hospital in Cromwell Avenue dated 1869 and 1875.

Although neither picture is dated, these two views of Chatterton Road, off Bromley Common, nicely contrast around 1900 with around 1970.

The Crown, Bromley Common, when it was on the west sided of the road (A21), opposite its current position.

Two pictures taken west of Keston village. Priors Farm was in Jackass Lane, the building is still there today near the junction with Fox Lane.

St. Mary the Virgin church in Downe (the "e" comes and goes) which is very little changed today.

Another easily recognisable view of Downe village from Luxted Road.

Mill Place, Chislehurst, sitting between Old Hill and Summer Hill/Bromley Road can still be recognised, with the Imperial Arms pub in the distance.  However, the large number of trees which have filled the space make it difficult to see today.

Orpington Mill was on the River Cray, at what is now the north end of the High Street. It was also known as Hodsoll's Mill after its last proprietor. 

Coney Hall pond in Gates Green Road with the trees of Wickham Common behind.

Various views of Nash Farm, in Nash Lane near North Pole Lane.

Hawes Farm, in Hawes Lane, the site almost opposite the junction with High Mead today.

Wickam Green c.1910. at the junction of Red Lodge Road and Station Road. The lady with the bicycle is the village nurse. Next to her is Mr. Ware and in the garden are Mr and Mrs. Banham (and a domestic).

Dr. William H. Blake, vice chairman of West Wickham Parish Council, after whom a local park was named. He was one of the first in the area to replace his pony and trap with a "horseless carriage".

An old print of (West) Wickham Court.

Wickham Court.

On 26th June 1929,  Mary Grace Lennard with her new husband Ronald Campbell walking from the Parish church to nearby Wickham Court.

Edward Durling, gamekeeper to the Lennard family at Wickham Court, whose death was reported in the Bromley Times for 4th August 1933.

St. John's church, near Wickham Court, taken by the well-known photograher Robert Harman. It is not clear whether the pond was permanant or just flooding. Either way, the area has been considerably landscaped since then.

Another view of St. John's.

An unknown house or farm, probably in the West Wickham area.

Another unknown house. The celebratory flags might help to date it.

A West Wickham tea house. The sign on the left says "? North Hotel".

The front and back of a postcard posted in 1907 showing a part of West Wickham Common, near Gates Green Road.

Another postcard, posted in 1906. The location of Wickham Hill is uncertain.

A well known view of West Wickham High Street, this card posted in 1904 by Polly who has much clearer writing.

Mr. Yates outside his Tea Gardens in 1910. Location unknown.

West Wickham High Street in 1920, a similar view to the postcard with the infamous Stocks tree in the centre of the  road.

West Wickham high street in 1936 with the entrance to Braemar Gardens on the right between the two buildings which are still there although changed.

Another view of West Wickham high street, undated. Possibly the railings belong to Wickham Hall.

Tea house at Wickham Green  dated 1910. This may be Herbert George Smith and family outside their establishment.

Wickham Hall history.

The grandeur of Wickham Hall.

Another view of Wickham Hall and its garden.

Wickham Hall in a more rural setting with the hay field being mown.

Wickham Hall gardener's cottage.

Wickham Hall stables.

Wickham Hall summer house.

Wickham Road.

West Wickham gala day.

A West Wickham Road.

The Stocks tree which stood at the east end of West Wickham High Street being removed in 1935.