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.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Warwickshire | |
| Civil parish | Aston | |
| Hundred | Hemlingford | |
| Poor Law union | Aston |
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:
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1619-1930 | 1630-1749 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:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Bromwich, Castle)
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:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
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.