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REPORT.
The Bromley Rural District, which was formed in 1895
from the Bromley Rural Sanitary Authority, lies in the northwestern
portion of the County of Kent, and borders on the
neighbouring Authorities as follows:—
On the North: Bromley Borough, Woolwich Borough,
Chislehurst, Sidcup, and Bexley Urban Districts.
On the South: Godstone and Sevenoaks Rural Districts.
On the East: Sevenoaks and Dartford Rural Districts.
On the West: Bromley Borough and Godstone Rural
District.
The Administrative County of Kent is divided into 18
Municipal Boroughs, 24 Urban Districts, and 23 Rural
Districts.
Compared with the 23 Rural Districts of Kent, the Bromley
Rural District stands second as regards population, the first
place being held by the Dartford Rural District, the population
of which exceeds that of the Bromley Rural District by 11,000.
As regards acreage, this District stands seventeenth
amongst the 23 Rural Districts, and consequently its density
of population stands high amongst the Kent Rural Districts,
being only second to the Dartford Rural District, to which it
closely approximates.
The Rural District of Bromley consists of 13 parishes,
and the total area is 28,839 acres.
The largest parish as regards acreage is Cudham with
5,925 acres, and the smallest Mottingham with 642 acres.
The parish with the largest population is Orpington with
7,047, and that containing the smallest is North Cray with 755.
The acreage and population of the parishes at the 1921
Census is shown in the following Table:—