Bromsgrove
Sign in to saveBromsgrove is a town in Worcestershire, England, about north-east of Worcester and south-west of Birmingham city centre. It had a population of 34,755 in at the 2021 census. It gives its name to the wider Bromsgrove District, of which it is the largest town and administrative centre. In the Middle Ages, it was a small market town, primarily producing cloth through the early modern period. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it became a major centre for nail making.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Bromsgrove
- UK place.static_image_name
- The Strand, Bromsgrove - geograph.org.uk - 6493592.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Strand, Bromsgrove
- UK place.shire_district
- Bromsgrove
- UK place.shire_county
- Worcestershire
- UK place.region
- West Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Bromsgrove
- UK place.postcode_district
- B60, B61
- UK place.postcode_area
- B
- UK place.post_town
- BROMSGROVE
- UK place.dial_code
- 01527
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SO960708
- UK place.london_distance
- SE
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Bromsgrove
- Population
- 29237
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Capital of
- Bromsgrove
- Official website
- bromsgrove.whub.org.uk
- Image
- Bromsgrove - geograph.org.uk - 49016.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01527
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- twinned administrative body
- Gronau
- Commons category
- Bromsgrove
- topic's main category
- Category:Bromsgrove
- category for people born here
- Q8728968
- OS grid reference
- SO960708
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Bromsgrove
- different from
- Bromsgrove
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Encyclopedic overview
50 sectionsContents
- History
- Anglo-Saxon
- Norman and medieval
- Early modern
- Civil War, Restoration and dissenting religion
- 18th century
- Industrial Revolution and Victorian
- Water-powered manufacturing
- Nailmaking
- Canals and railways
- Other industrial history
- Church and Chapel building
- Evolution of location government, 19th and 20th centuries
- 20th century
- Governance and politics
- Demography
- Geography
- Climate
- Landmarks
- Economy
- Facilities
- Municipal facilities
- Transport
- Education
- State schools
- Independent schools
- Special schools
- Further education
- Sport
- Attractions
- Entertainment and arts
- Bromsgrove Festival
- Clubs and societies
- Town twinning and friendship links
- Notable residents
- Medieval
- 1500–1700
- 18th century
- 19th century
- 20th and 21st century
- Further reading
- Sources
- General
- Medieval
- Civil War and Restoration
- Nail making
- Nineteenth century industrial
- Notes
- References
- External links
Bromsgrove is a town in Worcestershire, England, about north-east of Worcester and south-west of Birmingham city centre. It had a population of 34,755 in at the 2021 census. It gives its name to the wider Bromsgrove District, of which it is the largest town and administrative centre. In the Middle Ages, it was a small market town, primarily producing cloth through the early modern period. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it became a major centre for nail making.
== History ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bromsgrove” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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