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Below is a list of possible sources for tracing the history of a building: |
| Resource | Available locally | Available elsewhere |
| Building plans and drawings | Where deposited, check online database. | Planning Department, Civic Centre, Bromley |
| Diocesan records | Centre for Kentish Studies |
| District Valuers Records (after 1910 Finance Act) | Books at Bromley Archives (Archives Reference BRO/687) | Maps at The National Archives |
| Electoral Registers | Bromley [from 1899 [with gaps to today] [Archives reference BRO/1542]. Many are in the Local Studies Department, on open shelf [except for Beckenham 1950 – 1956, please contact to order] | London Metropolitan Archives [from 1965 – today] and Centre for Kentish Studies [Western Division from 1832 - 1965] |
| Enclosure and Tithe maps | Bromley Archives where deposited, check online database. |
| Estate maps and papers | Bromley Archives where deposited, check online database. | Some Kent records held at Centre for Kentish Studies or London records held at the London Metropolitan Archives |
| Glebe terriers. (surveys of parsonage and glebe land) | Bromley Archives where deposited, check online database. |
| Hearth Tax Returns 1662-1664 | The National Archives |
| Land Conveyances: Enrolment of Deeds, and Registration of Title | The National Archives or Land Registry |
| List of buildings of special architectural or historical interest | Local Studies Department, check library catalogue Some special conservation area studies available for areas such as Hayes and Park Langley. |
| Manorial records | Bromley Archives where deposited, check online database. | If cross Kent records held at Centre for Kentish Studies, or cross London at the London Metropolitan Archives |
| Maps and plans | Bromley Archives where deposited, check online database. Also Local Studies Department, check library catalogue |
| Parish records | Bromley Archives where deposited, check online database. | If not deposited then with the incumbent at church. |
| Planning applications and deposited plans | Modern lists from 1977 in Local Studies Department, check library catalogue | Planning Department, Civic Centre, Bromley |
| Plans of public undertakings (canals, railways, roads) | Bromley Archives where deposited, check online database. Also Local Studies Department, check library catalogue | Planning Department, Civic Centre, Bromley |
| Poll books | Local Studies Department, check library catalogue | Centre for Kentish Studies |
| Probate records | Bromley Archives where deposited, check online database. | Principal Registry, London |
| Public House licensing Victuallers’ Recognisances - (licensing records) | [Archives reference BRO/1 only for the year 1605]. |
| Quarter Sessions records | Centre for Kentish Studies |
| Rate books | Bromley Archives where deposited, check online database. |
| Sale catalogues and particulars | Bromley Archives where deposited, check online database. |
| School records | Bromley Archives where deposited, check online database. |
| Taxation records | Bromley Archives [some 18c & 19c] [Archives reference BRO/1071] where deposited, check online database. |
| Title deeds | Bromley Archives where deposited, check online database. | The National Archives or Land Registry |