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Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire

Historical Description

Castle-Bromwich, a hamlet and an ecclesiastical parish in Aston parish, Warwickshire, on high ground between the rivers Tame and Cole, 5½ miles ENE of Birmingham, with a station on the M.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Birmingham. Population, 810. Castle-Bromwich Hall is an Elizabethan seat, and belongs to the Earl of Bradford. Whateley Hall and Stechford Hall are other residences. An ancient castle is supposed to have stood on an eminence, still called Castle Hill. Traces of Roman entrenchments exist, and ancient weapons have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £183. Patron, the Earl of Bradford. The church is a plain red brick structure in the Italian style.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyWarwickshire 
Civil parishAston 
HundredHemlingford 
Poor Law unionAston 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Castle Bromwich:

BaptismsMarriagesBurials
1619-19301630-1749
1854-1939
1639-1940

Most of the records prior to 1911 have been digitised and are available on Ancestry.co.uk
See Aston for earlier records.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Castle Bromwich from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.


Maps

Online maps of Castle Bromwich are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Warwickshire papers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Warwickshire 1619 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictSolihull
CountySolihull
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtB36
Post TownBirmingham

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