Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

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Bromsgrove is a town in Worcestershire

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Bromsgrove within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Bromsgrove in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Bromsgrove, par. and market town, in co. and 12 miles NE. of Worcester and 114 miles NW. of London by rail -- par., 11,147 ac., pop. 12,813; town, pop. 7960; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-day, Tuesday. B., situated in a beautiful valley, 1½ mile from its ry. sta., has mfrs. of buttons, nails, needles, and coarse linen. It contains many old houses, curiously ornamented; and has an elegant Gothic church, in which are several ancient monuments, particularly of the Talbots, Earls of Shrewsbury.

Bromsgrove in the Domesday Book

A village in Came hundred, in the county of Warwickshire.

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