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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 Hall: Castle Bromwich: House: Late 16th or early 17th century: 11 November 1952 1366587: Castle Bromwich Hall. More images ...
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.
Smith's Wood is a suburban civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands of England. It is known best for its schools and ancient woodland. The civil parish has a population of 10,476, according to the 2011 census.
Kingshurst is a post-war village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands, England.Historically part of the county of Warwickshire in the Meriden Rural District, It lies about 7 miles (11 km) north of Solihull town centre, 10 miles (16 km) east of Birmingham and 12 miles (16km) west of Coventry, it borders North Warwickshire to the east.
Much of the large residential population in the north of the borough centres on the communities of Castle Bromwich, Kingshurst, Marston Green and Smith's Wood as well as the towns of Chelmsley Wood and Fordbridge. [2] In the south are the towns of Shirley and Solihull, as well as the large villages of Knowle, Dorridge, Meriden and Balsall Common.
Mary Throckmorton (died 1603), who married Sir Edward Arden of Park Hall, executed at Smithfield 20 December 1583, by whom she had a son, Robert Arden, and two daughters: Margaret Arden, who married John Somerville, [6] and Catherine Arden, who married Sir Edward Devereux, 1st Baronet of Castle Bromwich, son of Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount ...
In December 2014 Birmingham City Council proposed reducing the opening hours of the library because of a council funding shortfall, [30] and in February 2015 confirmed opening hours will be reduced from 73 hours per week to 40 hours per week, saving £1.3 million per year on running costs and involving making redundant about half of the 188 ...