Lower Broadheath is a village and

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in the

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district of

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, England. According to the 2011 census it had a population of 1,728. The parish also includes Upper Broadheath. The village is about 3 miles north-west of

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. There are many

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in the village, including the Jacomb estate (Jacomb Road, Jacomb Drive, Jacomb Close and Rectory Close). The village has a village hall, church, post office and shop, a village green (containing a football pitch, running track and many children's play areas) and a large village common. There is also a

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(Broadheath C.E. Primary School). The school contains around 150 children, from the age of four up to eleven. There are also two pubs in the village.

History

Broadheath is the birthplace of the English composer Edward Elgar. The cottage in which he was born is now the

Elgar Birthplace Museum The Firs in Broadheath, Worcestershire, Lower Broadheath, Worcestershire, England was the birthplace of Edward Elgar. The cottage now houses a museum administered by the National Trust. Edward Elgar was born at the house on 2 June 1857, and lived ...

References

External links

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Lower Broadheath official web site.

Retrieved 23 May 2009
The Elgar Birthplace

Listing at the Worcester branch of the Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry website
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