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592: 2314:, located on Slideslow Drive. Opened in 2005, Artrix was a multi purpose arts centre that provides theatre, cinema screenings of recently released films, National Theatre Live performances, rock concerts, folk music, comedians and classical music concerts from Bromsgrove Concerts, ESO and Midland Sinfonia. Artrix also has a vibrant youth theatre group and a new arts outreach team. From 2012, the dance studio has been converted to hold a maximum of 90 people and provides a space for intimate music, comedy and small theatre. The Artrix ceased trading on 7 April 2022, after being forced to close its doors because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2023, it was announced that The Core, Solihull had been forced to close their auditorium after the presence of crumbling concrete, known as RAAC, was found, and that productions would move to the Artrix building, Bromsgrove, with 2652: 1163: 532: 1824: 456: 1008: 1718: 1258: 47: 2668: 1240: 768: 577:, the social structure of the Bromsgrove's hinterland changed. Farms tended to merge and become larger, and moved from producing crops to raising livestock. This resulted in higher value goods like wool, leather and meat being sold through Bromsgrove's market and contributed to the town's prosperity in the later Middle Ages. The town's population would have fell, but can still be estimated as around 400 in the later 1300s. The aftermath of the Black Death also caused traders to attempt to hike their prices, which the courts attempted to suppress. 829: 1123: 860: 1029:. Working practices were very unsafe, as well as difficult and expensive, as a result of the incline and the previous mismanagement. McConnell took charge of reorganising the use of the line's engines. He introduced a number of innovations, in the face of a board that was intent on severe cost cutting, by presenting many of the needs he had as means to save money, which often they were. He also persuaded them to allow him to build a house to his own design, which stood by the old Bromsgrove station. 31: 885:

formation of a Nailers' Union. Nailers also vowed not to teach their children the trade, a promise swiftly broken due to the lack of alternative employment. Further strikes took place in 1877 and 1878 due to a further 10% cut. When Bromsgrove's nailers were offered the old prices, they returned to work, despite the fact that the Black Country nailers had not received the same offer, which caused much resentment. The Bromsgrove nailers continued to pay into the strike fund, however.

2367: 903: 2444: 521:, who was buried there. This meant that the town which grew up around this period was divided between two jurisdictions and landlords, the royal manor in the east, and the rectory manor controlled by Worcester Priory in the west. The division ran along the High Street. Nevertheless, records show no sign of an urban settlement in 1240–1250. New initiatives to establish a market took place in 1250, and Bromsgrove residents appear in the tax records by 1275. 933:, which had banned such practices. They were able to do this largely because they offered credit to the impoverished nailmakers. Nailmakers, even when supplying directly to nailmasters, were subject to arbitrary decisions. A particular grievance was that they would sometimes reject a week's work essentially due to oversupply, perhaps claiming the quality was low, leaving the nailmaker with no income and the need to purchase new iron. 2411: 1033: 2431: 1870: 629: 2227: 962: 54: 528:(10 and 20 m), marked out along the current High Street. These plots can still be discerned today, in the sizes of the frontages of the buildings. The road entering Bromsgrove from the west appears to have been diverted to ensure that it met Bromsgrove at the furthest point north, forcing travellers to pass south through the whole High Street if intending to continue west. 603:

to be that of Bailiff. The royal manor, with its Court Leet, dealt with the majority of financial matters including tolls and revenues from the market, after disputes with the Priory manor over rights to various revenues and fines were settled. The royal manor would therefore have paid for the upkeep of the market and the tollhouse, which also served at some points as a jail.

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Bromsgrove has 15 first schools in its district: Lickey End First School, Finstall First School, Charford First School, Dodford First School, Milfields First School, St. Peters Roman Catholic First School, Stoke Prior First School, Blackwell First School, Sidemoor First School, Catshill First School,

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in 1894. The Bromsgrove Country Urban District was renamed North Bromsgrove Urban District in 1896. It was subsequently abolished in 1933, being split between the Bromsgrove Urban District and several neighbouring parishes. Bromsgrove Urban District Council initially met at the Town Hall, which stood

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in 1897, which includes a detailed picture of nailmaking in its final years. At this time, working weeks of 70–90 hours were commonplace and poverty still widespread. Their diet was typically bread, margarine and tea, with cheese as an occasional supplement, and sometimes meat. Chickens and pigs were

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Nailmakers would purchase their iron from the nailmasters and sell their nails to nailmasters at set prices, effectively at a piece-rate. The basic technique of nail production did not change much, involving in essence heating iron rods, making a point, half cutting the nail off, fully cutting it and

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There is a large public leisure centre and sports centre in the town called Bromsgrove Sports and Leisure Centre, formerly known as The Dolphin Centre. It has two swimming pools and a large sports hall. Numerous activities and clubs are held here, such as the Bromsgrove Swimming Club. It is owned by

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Bromsgrove and the outlying area along the Spadesbourne and Battlefield Brook had a series of around 14 watermills that supported small and medium-sized manufacturing. Some of these were corn mills, others processed linen and lint. These continued to provide employment through most of the nineteenth

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Dugdale described the town in 1819 as "a large and dirty place, full of shops and manufacturers of needles, nails, sheeting and other coarse linen." By 1897, Robert Sherard depicts a town that appears rather bucolic and "bright and sweet and clean." However, approaching the nailmaker's cottages, one

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Governance of the town itself is difficult to discern. Manorial records give evidence for courts, rents and fines, but do not present evidence about the organisation of matters that relate to the town itself, such as the maintenance of roads and other facilities. The main representative post appears

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Bromsgrove benefited from sales to travellers, for instance of beer, bread, horsebread, meat and cheese. Brewing and selling ale seems to have been predominantly done by women in Bromsgrove, perhaps to supplement the main income of the household. Between 22 and 29 people are recorded in the 1300s at

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Common trades can be traced from surnames in this period, and included in the years to 1327 bakers, tanners, carpenters, drapers, dyers, butchers, masons, smiths, shoemakers and fullers. The town had a large number of tanneries and cloth was also produced. Tanneries and breweries were located on the

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announced that a new station would be built, to replace the existing structure, at a cost in the region of £10–12 million. The station opened in July 2016. Following completion of the electrification project, Bromsgrove is served by trains on the Cross City Line towards Lichfield. (These services

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The industry lasted longer in Bromsgrove, being the dominant occupation in the town through most of the 1800s due to lack of alternative work. As mechanisation took over, nailmakers produced nails that were still hard to produce by machine. Despite this, there was a great deal of pressure on wages,

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until around 1830, reopening briefly in the 1850s. The 6–7 acre pool located in what is now Sanders Park was drained in 1865. It was a five-storey building, demolished in 1892. Near Charford, Moat Mill served as a flour mill with five grindstones until around 1913, and the Lint Mill, at what is now

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from the Commonwealth period. He was confined to his house, banished from the county and finally imprisoned for his non-conformism. The toll on his health may have led to illness and death. He did return to Bromsgrove, where he was annually visited by Hall's son, an Anglican bishop. He was licensed

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Although with no official function, Bromsgrove's Court Leet continues to exist as a ceremonial body, being sanctioned under the Administration of Justice Act 1977. The Bromsgrove Society is a charity formed in 1980 to protect the built and natural environment of the town. The Bromsgrove Society of

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through assarting (creating clearings in) Feckenham Forest. Similarly, the number of minor aristocratic, gentry and ecclesiastical estates grew, which would have needed to buy and sell goods. Hanbury alone had six manor houses and two granges in the 1200s. The Priory Manor itself would have been a

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at the north end of Bromsgrove was opened in 1987 and in December 1989 the link to the M5 was opened. A relief road on the west of the town was built to direct traffic away from the High Street, and a bypass was constructed on the eastern side of the town allowing traffic to avoid the town centre

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hammering a head. Simple nails might take a few blows and take a matter of seconds to make, while complex nails could involve twelve to twenty blows. Both men and women made nails, men making the more complex nails requiring greater physical effort, and women producing the simpler, smaller nails.

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Bromsgrove in the Middle Ages probably reached a population of no more than 600. It was not especially wealthy. Taxation records show that most families, even among the richest, had relatively moderate incomes, compared to other towns in the Midlands. It did, however, have an urban character, and

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Church court records show that Bromsgrove had an urban underclass, including prostitutes and beggars. Assaults, murders and burglaries are also recorded. Servants, often young people, feature particularly in the records of disorderly behaviour. However, violence was not confined to the lower and

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In 1317, it was given the right hold a Tuesday market and three-day fair every 29 August at the Decollation of St. John the Baptist. The market place and tollhouse were located at the junction of St. John Street and the High Street. Its market was especially used by the surrounding area to sell

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Another accident occurred at the nascent works in March 1841, when a botched repair caused steam to escape from one of the locomotives onto the drunken William Creuze, causing his death. The result was that the works were reorganised under a new manager GD Bischopp and a foreman recruited from

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Six more major strikes followed in the years to 1891. The longest three included a twenty-week strike in 1860, and a twelve-week strike in 1868. In 1869, a ten-week strike was caused after nail prices were cut by 20% in the 'Starvation list'. A meeting of 4,500 people at Crown Close led to the

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Interior of a Bromsgrove Nailmaker's shed in 1896; occupied by the tenant and two stallers, the latter worked each on his own account, and paid 6d. a week apiece and one-third of the firing. The oliver, or heavy hammer used for heading the nails, is attached to the bench in front of the little

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suggests that local societies may have grown up to deal with some of its organisational issues. There was for instance a guild in the town during the 1300s. There were three crosses erected in the town, and reports of well-paved roads in the 1400s, so Dyer concludes that the town's voluntary

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just south of the town. Nevertheless, not all the local trade would have passed directly through Bromsgrove, as the Priory for instance would often take locally produced goods directly to Droitwich or Worcester, or purchase them directly at other larger centres with particular specialisms.

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is first recorded in 1533. Nailmaking was probably introduced in the region in the sixteenth century and was taking place in Bromsgrove in the seventeenth century. It provided an alternative trade for the rural poor, who would initially have supplemented other work with the nail trade.

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Afterwards, as some of the Scots dispersed trying to escape, further skirmishes occurred as they were arrested or killed. Local tradition recounts that Battlefield Brook and Battlefields Farm was named after one of the encounters, although it is unclear whether before or after.

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Bromsgrove has a public community library situated in the centre of the town. The library offers not only books but also music CDs, spoken word, foreign language tapes and videos & DVDs for adults and children. There are 25 computers available with internet access.

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at the corner of High Street and St John's Street. The council moved to the former vicarage of St John's Church on St John's Street in the 1920s, after which the Town Hall was demolished. Bromsgrove Urban District was abolished in 1974, merging with the surrounding

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paying 'fines' for selling ale for more than the fixed price; this seems to have been applied in effect as a tax. Women were able to hold property, sometimes as widows or jointly with their husbands, and owned up to 10% of Bromsgrove's plots at various times.

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The Talbot family who held Grafton became central figures in the county's military organisation under the Royalists. The promotion of Catholics and recusants like the Talbots was a source of controversy in Worcestershire, referred to, for instance, by the

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contributed a further £25. Events were organised and a soup kitchen provided, alongside strike pay. The nailmasters offered increased prices of 20% and eventually agreed 30–40%, however, the increased rates may have hastened the demise of the industry.

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Market day changed several times over the period, settling on Tuesday from 1792 onwards. Fairs were held twice yearly, in June and October by the eighteenth century, with the modern pleasure fairs originating from the June horse and pleasure fair.

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Bromsgrove was one of the smallest urban settlements in the county, and had no formal status as a borough. A market day was first granted in 1200; however, even at this time, there is little record of an urban settlement. Later, in the 1230s,

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which is the steepest Incline on the British mainline network meaning most freight trains require assistance from a locomotive at the rear. Between 1919 and 1956 this was operated by a purpose built locomotive known by drivers as

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introduced a partial replacement service from 3 May 2022 numbered 144A which ran between Bromsgrove and Longbridge every 70 minutes. This has since replaced by service 20 runs every 60 minutes between Bromsgrove and the

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The town's population expanded rapidly from the 1980s to present, with new housing estates added to the south of the town, and infilling industrial areas such as the former railway works and Garringtons in Aston Fields.

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as the result of 10.1% swing in a by-election in 1971. Miller was elected to the new Bromsgrove and Redditch constituency in 1974, and represented the Bromsgrove constituency from 1983 to 1992. He was succeeded by

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middle orders; other courts issued warrants for the arrest of two of the Staffords of Grafton Manor in the 1401 and 1450, along with their followers, some natives of Bromsgrove, for politically motivated violence.

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Nearly all nail making had ceased by the 1920s, with the very last workers dying in the 1950s. The last of the water mills, the Lint Mill, closed by the 1950s. The wagon works closed in 1964, as a result of the

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Mechanisation quickly put the industry into decline from the 1840s. Nailmasters resorted to measures such as paying workers in tokens, redeemable only at their own stores, to maintain their profitability.

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During the twentieth century, many people in Bromsgrove were employed in Birmingham, for instance at Longbridge's car factory. Other allied employment came from Garringtons, a drop forge plant in

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in 1859, with the commissioners being replaced by an elected local board. A separate local government district covering the rest of the parish was created in 1863, known as "Bromsgrove Country".

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Calcraft, Henry G. (1888). "Report as to the Condition of Nail Makers and Small Chain Makers in South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire, by the Labour Correspondent of the Board of Trade".

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from charging and breaking up their protest. The Hussars were prevented from breaking up the assembly. However, after ten weeks of strike, the nailers returned to work without any concessions.

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was elected to represent the Bromsgrove constituency, albeit at a largely reduced majority. As a largely rural constituency with affluent residential areas, Bromsgrove District is strongly

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were centres of nail production, made by hand, usually as a family enterprise. Nailmakers in Bromsgrove lived in slum conditions in small cottages in courtyards off the High Street, and in

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An account of the ministers, lecturers, masters, and fellows of colleges and schoolmasters: who were ejected or silenced after the Restoration in 1660, by or before, the Act of Uniformity.

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Some found comfort in religion; Sherard quotes one as saying: "when I get to heaven I shall get my reward, and my Oppressor will get his". Hymn singing while working was common, and the

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with a force of local men and had a role in his escape. The battle was traumatic for the county, as the Scottish troops in support of Charles looted as they traversed the county.

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Council. Formerly run by Wychavon Leisure, the management of the centre was handed over to Everyone Active in 2017 as part of a £13.7 million refurbishment and renovation.

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for failing to declare loans made to him. He decided not to re-stand after the local Conservative Association opened nominations to other candidates. He was succeeded by

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Two railwaymen, Tom Scaife and Joseph Rutherford, were killed by an explosion that took place on 10 November 1840 while they were inspecting a steam locomotive named

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was established to provide infrastructure and other local government functions for the built-up area of the town. The commissioners' district was reconstituted as a

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The town probably benefited from the growth of the local agricultural population in the early medieval period, which began to establish new farmland in places like

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Nailmaking cottages were concentrated around the lower part of the High Street, Worcester Street, Hanover Street and St John's Street, and in Sidemoor and Catshill

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which became low, causing an industry-wide strike in 1842, when nailmasters attempted to reduce their purchase prices by 10%. 15,000 nailers attended a meeting in

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surplus oats, which were increasingly produced in the area, while wheat was grown in southern Worcestershire. The area was known for the high quality of its pigs.

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and no longer serves Birmingham. The company stated that fewer passengers were travelling on the service into Birmingham and the section was no longer viable.

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The poor working conditions prompted a Parliamentary investigation and report in 1888. Shortly after, a final 16-week strike in 1891-2 was supported by the

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Another local tradition has King Charles II hiding behind a large chimney in Bromsgrove's Black Cross Inn during his escape. This is not verifiable.

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in their attempts to resist the demands of both armies in the later part of the first war. In the third civil war of 1649, the Talbots joined

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Bromsgrove has a municipal park, Sanders Park. Facilities include: basketball courts, tennis courts, a skate park, children's play area and

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as a cost-saving measure to remove the need for the bankers to haul engine tenders with them up the incline. In 1845, he built a new banker

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in Normandy, France, in July 1999. Annual exchange visits are made by Bromsgrove and District Twinning Association members to each town.

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There are two special schools in Bromsgrove, one is Chadsgrove School and Specialist Sports College, and the other is Rigby Hall School.

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as a Congregationalist teacher in 1672 in Bromsgrove and died in 1699. A Congregationalist chapel was established in Bromsgrove in 1693.

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Stafford tomb, St John the Baptist Church, Bromsgrove: one of the most powerful families in Worcestershire, living just south of the town

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views. Spilsbury's son John led a dissenting congregation in Kidderminster, and in turn his son Francis Spilsbury became a minister at

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After the Norman conquest, the manor that later held the town of Bromsgrove was held by the King. The royal manor of Bromsgrove and

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Neither gravestone depicts the engine which blew up. Instead, the engines on the stones are (slightly inaccurate depictions) of

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Tithe barn of St Johns, Bromsgrove, shortly before it was sold and demolished in 1844. It was used as a theatre in the 1700s.

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One major change was the political fortunes of the Talbot family, who chose to remain Catholics. They were connected to the

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David Leppard and Tim Kelsey, "Conservative MP censured on loans to cover £6m debts", The Sunday Times, 28 July 1996, p. 1.

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The canals did not quite reach Bromsgrove's town, although several plans were made. The nearest points on the network were

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period the Bromsgrove area had a woodland economy; including hunting, maintenance of haies and pig farming. At the time of

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The White Slaves of England: Being True Pictures of Certain Social Conditions in the Kingdom of England in the Year 1897

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Cloth manufacture fell into decline in the 1700s. By 1778, 140 hands (i.e., people) were employed in the manufacture of

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Labour take Bromsgrove from Tories with 10.1 per cent poll swing, David Wood Political Editor The Times 28 May 28, 1971

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bands. The district is at a general elevation of between 200 feet (61 m) to 300 feet (91 m) above sea level.

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Priory manor side of the town, with access to the Spadesbourne brook. This created significant problems of pollution.

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is by far the largest ethnicity, at 96% of the district population (87,837) with 4% (3,734) from an ethnic minority.

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Freedom after ejection: a review (1690–1692) of Presbyterian and Congregational nonconformity in England and Wales

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The oldest mill, the King's Mill or Town Mill, had been part of the rectory manor. It was demolished around 1881.

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Graves of railway engineers Tom Scaife and Joseph Rutherford, killed in an engine explosion in Bromsgrove in 1840

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The town was also the host in the 2000s for the annual conference of the "Bromsgrove Group", an organisation of

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chapel at Chapel Street from 1693 was rebuilt in 1832. A Baptist Chapel was built on New Road in 1866–67.

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By the end of the Middle Ages, Bromsgrove was a centre for the wool trade. Manufacture of cloth, particularly

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Seven shillings a week: this nailmaker in 1896 worked from 7am to 10pm, and turned out 11lbs of nails a week.

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South Bromsgrove High School, was a corn and worsted mill. The Lint Mill closed after the Second World War.

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The building was listed, but eventually was allowed to fall derelict and was demolished. It is pictured in

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Tardebigge CofE First School, Fairfield First School, Hanbury CofE First School and Meadows First School.

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was a major employer of Bromsgrove residents until its collapse in May 2005. Bromsgrove is still home to

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were in employment. Manufacturing, retail, and services were the biggest sectors of employment in 2001.

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According to the 2001 census, the population of Bromsgrove is 29,237 and the population for the larger

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St John's Court: 19th century vicarage, served as council offices from 1920s to 1980s, now a care home.

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The expansion of Bromsgrove's population resulted in church building and restoration projects. Major

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city centre. It had a population of 34,755 in at the 2021 census. It gives its name to the wider

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was then leased for a period, but later became a maintenance facility and wagon works for the

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which runs close to Bromsgrove, is a destination for leisure activities, such as walking and

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The industry finally declined in the early twentieth century, as jobs in the car industry at

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fortifications in Bromsgrove, but no archaeological evidence remains outside the literature.

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There is however no evidence that the trade was introduced by the Hugeonots, as often stated

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and a number of traditional pubs. Bromsgrove is close to the countryside attractions of the

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which dates back to the 14th century. It has a rich history, with one of the daughters of

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The town appears to have been founded as a series of plots of sizes between two and four

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The size of the parish and location of the church has led to suggestions that it was of

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was partially filmed on location in Hanbury Woods outside Bromsgrove, and the 2023 film

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and others across the country. North Bromsgrove High School has now been classed for a

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of the Monarchy in 1660, and left the Church of England by refusing to conform to the

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Even in later years, Bromsgrove did not grow a market in luxury goods, except for one

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pub on the north end of town, outside Bromsgrove Library, on Chapel Street (opposite

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and elsewhere became available. Most of the nailmaker's cottages were demolished in

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Bromsgrove and Redditch Athletics Club, based at the Ryland Centre athletics track.

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15th-century Merchant's House formerly located on Bromsgrove's High Street, now at

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Briggs, Jonathan (1981). "The Watermills of Bromsgrove". In Foster, John (ed.).

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Nailmakers would often make supplementary income in the summer picking fruit at

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ordered that Bromsgrove's vicar John Hall be removed from his post as a rebel.

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operated by various operators. However the historic bus service 144, between

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in the high street, which was erected in 1985. There is also a sculpture of a

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and was probably laid down by rivers flowing through an arid landscape or in

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could "pass in one minute from prosperous burgherdom to the lowest slavery".

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self-organisation seems to have been adequate to deal with its key problems.

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in 910, but it is uncertain whether this can be identified with Bromsgrove.

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Fairfield Villa Football Club. The home of community football in Bromsgrove.

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in 1858. All Saints Church was constructed by John Cotton in 1872–74.

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by marriage, with the result that they were suspected of involvement in the

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The Extraordinary Adventures of Benjamin Sanders, Buttonmaker of Bromsgrove

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Collection. The Bromsgrove Museum on Birmingham Road reopened in May 2016.

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Bromsgrove is sited at the centre of a very large parish, with its church,

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The site is now a housing estate. One of the turntable pits still remains.

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There is also a bus station adjacent to the High Street. Buses operate to

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Market Place, including around 1,500 from Bromsgrove. The nailers brought

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Bromsgrove is first documented in the early 9th century as Bremesgraf. An

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The industrial development of Birmingham and the Black Country, 1860–1914

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founded in 1553 with three campuses catering for pupils from nursery to

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in 1997. She did not contest the seat in 2010 following the Westminster

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Performances may have included early touring performances from 1767 by

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Football Club play their home games at the Victoria Ground, Bromsgrove.

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Bromsgrove has its own youth branch of Conservatives called Bromsgrove

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Grave of Sir Thomas Chavasse (1854–1913) and his family in Bromsgrove

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Bromsgrove Indoor Bowls Club (also providing outdoor bowls) based in

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employed 900 hands by this time and had become a thriving industry.

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Hall at this time also brought his brother and fellow Presbyterian

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has Charles II talking to a smith in Bromsgrove: see, for instance

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