Bromsgrove

Coordinates: 52°20′07″N 2°03′28″W / 52.3353°N 2.0579°W / 52.3353; -2.0579

Bromsgrove is a town in Worcestershire, England. The town is about 16 miles (26 km) north east of Worcester and 13 miles (21 km) south west of Birmingham city centre. It had a population of 29,237 in 2001 (39,644 in the wider Bromsgrove/Catshill urban area) Bromsgrove is the main town in the larger Bromsgrove District.

History

Bromsgrove is first documented in the early 9th century as Bremesgraf. Later in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of 909 AD Bromsgrove is mentioned as Bremesburh. Then in the Domesday Book Bromsgrove is referenced as Bremesgrave. The Breme part of the place name is almost certainly an Anglo-Saxon personal name.

In the Anglo-Saxon times, Bromsgrove had a woodland economy consisting of hunting, maintenance of haies and pig farming. At the time of Edward the Confessor, the manor of Bromsgrove is known to have been held by Earl Edwin. After the conquest, Bromsgrove was held by the King. Among the manor's possessions were 13 salt pans at Droitwich, with three workers, producing 300 mits. The King had the right to sell the salt from his pans before any other salt in the town.

Bromsgrove (UK Parliament constituency)

Bromsgrove is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2010 by Sajid Javid of the Conservative Party.

Boundaries

1950-1974: The Urban Districts of Bromsgrove and Redditch, and the Rural District of Bromsgrove (the civil parishes of Alvechurch, Belbroughton, Bentley Pauncefoot, Beoley, Clent, Cofton Hackett, Dodford with Grafton, Dodderhill, Frankley, Hagley, Hunnington, North Bromsgrove, Romsley, Stoke Prior, Tutnall and Cobley, Upton Warren, and Wythall).

1983–present: The District of Bromsgrove.

The constituency covers the same area as Bromsgrove District Council in north Worcestershire, with twenty civil parishes. It includes the villages of Alvechurch, Barnt Green, Belbroughton, Blackwell, Clent, Cofton Hackett, Hagley, Hollywood, Lickey, Marlbrook, Rubery, Tardebigge and Wythall.

History

The borough of Bromsgrove returned two members (Thomas Rassall and Thomas Barneford) to the original Model Parliament in 1295. However, borough status appeared lost when no other member was sent to any subsequent parliament under that status.

Bromsgrove District

Coordinates: 52°20′06″N 2°03′29″W / 52.335°N 2.058°W / 52.335; -2.058

Bromsgrove is a local government district in Worcestershire, England. Its council is based in the town of Bromsgrove.

It borders the built up area of Birmingham to the north. Other places in the district include Alvechurch, Aston Fields, Belbroughton, Catshill, Clent, Hagley, Rubery, Stoke Prior and Wythall.

The current district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Bromsgrove urban district and Bromsgrove Rural District.

Since 2011, Bromsgrove has formed part of the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership along with neighbouring authorities Birmingham, Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Redditch, Solihull, Tamworth and Wyre Forest.

Population

The following table illustrates the change in the district's population between 1801 and 2011.

Transport

Bromsgrove railway station is the local station for the centre of the district, but there are several others within the district. Road travel, especially to Birmingham, is also important in the district.