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The Castle Bromwich Aerodrome Factory was built in 1940 to produce planes for the war effort. These were mostly Spitfires (almost 12,000 were made there, from 1940 to 1945) and Lancaster bombers. Over 37,000 test flights were made from Castle Bromwich Aerodrome, the planes being towed across the road from the factory to the Aerodrome when ...
Bromwich Castle was a motte castle in the large village now called Castle Bromwich in the West Midlands. [1] Bromwich Castle is a scheduled monument. [2]The site was excavated by Birmingham Museum between 1969 and 1971, revealing evidence of a timber lining to the motte, 12–13th century buildings inside the bailey, and a 16th-century house.
Castle Bromwich (/ b r ɒ m ɪ tʃ /) is a large suburban village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands, England.It borders the rest of the borough to the south east, Sutton Coldfield to the east and north east, Shard End to the south west, Castle Vale, Erdington and Minworth to the north and Hodge Hill to the west.
To this day, many people living in the area of the Firs and Bromford Estates state their address as Castle Bromwich. With the need for housing after the war, the area of the Firs Estate was developed by the City Council in the 1950s. This mainly consisted of three-story flats, high rise flats and terrace housing on a high-density level.
The racecourse was demolished and the Castle Bromwich settlement was extended. The roads in the redevelopment were given names related to racing, including references to Newmarket, Reynoldstown, Haydock, and Thirsk. The winning post was re-sited next to a playground on Bromford Drive. The area used as the parade ring is still recognisable today ...
The Castle Bromwich exhibition hall and railway station, seen on a contemporary Ordnance Survey 1st edition 1:25 map The nearby Castle Bromwich railway station received many important visitors for the BIF, including King George V and Queen Mary in 1928, the Duke of York , Princess Mary and Lord Harewood .
Castle Bromwich Hall was built between 1557 and 1585 by Sir Edward Devereux, the first MP for Tamworth. Sir Orlando Bridgeman bought the Hall and Gardens in 1657 for his son, Sir John Bridgeman I. He made changes to both around the year 1700 advised by his cousin, Captain William Winde .
The Hall is usually open to the public for hotel accommodation only. The surrounding Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens are one of the last examples of Formal English Gardens in the country and have been restored by Castle Bromwich Gardens Trust (established 1985), which holds a long lease from the City of Birmingham. These gardens are a popular ...