Bromley-by-Bow
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Template:Infobox London place Bromley-by-Bow, historically and officially Bromley, is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is an inner-city district situated 4.8 miles (7.8 km) east north-east of Charing Cross.
The area is dissected north to south by the Blackwall Tunnel Approach Road (A12) and the boundary of the area to the east is the River Lee. Kingsley Hall is in Bromley-by-Bow, near the Bromley by Bow Centre.
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History of name
From 1899 to 1965 the area was part of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar and located in the east of the borough. The area had been known as Bromley and formed part of the parish of Bromley St Leonard for hundreds of years. Soon after the creation of Greater London the London Underground station at Bromley was renamed to Bromley-by-Bow to distinguish it from the stations at Bromley in the London Borough of Bromley some 8 miles (12.9 km) south of there. Over time the station's name has been applied to the area, so much so that today it is nearly always known as Bromley-by-Bow in full. Bow itself was originally known as Stratford, becoming Stratford-at-Bow due to a bridge.