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Bromsgrove Rovers F.C. Players
Bromsgrove is a town in Worcestershire, England, about north-east of Worcester, England, 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 Anglo-Saxon Bromsgrove is first documented in the early ninth century as Bremesgraf. An ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' entry for 909 AD mentions a ''Bremesburh''; possibly also referring to Bromsgrove. The Domesday Book of 1086 references ''Bremesgrave''. The name means ''Bremi's grove''. The grove element may refer to the supply of wood to Droitwich for the salt pans. During the History of Anglo-Saxon England, Anglo-Saxon period the Bromsgrove area had a woodland economy; includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bromsgrove District
Bromsgrove is a non-metropolitan district, local government district in north-east Worcestershire, England. It is named after its only town, Bromsgrove, where its council is based, but also includes several villages and surrounding rural areas. It borders the built-up area of Birmingham to the north. Other places in the district include Alvechurch, Aston Fields, Belbroughton, Catshill, Clent, Hagley, Rubery, Stoke Prior, Worcestershire, Stoke Prior and Wythall. The population at the 2021 census was 99,475. The neighbouring districts are Redditch, Wychavon, Wyre Forest District, Wyre Forest, South Staffordshire, Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, Dudley, Birmingham, Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, Solihull and Stratford-on-Avon District, Stratford-on-Avon. History The town of Bromsgrove had been governed by improvement commissioners from 1846, who were replaced by an elected Local board of health, local board in 1859, which in turn was converted into an Urban district (England a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
