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The name Bromsgrove may derive from the Old English Brommsgraf, meaning a small wood frequented by highway robbers. An alternative source comes from the Domesday book of 1086 where the town is mentioned as Bremesgrave. Breme may have been a famous person and grave is a fortified clearing.
In its early days, Bromsgrove was a centre for the woollen trade, which went into decline before the 17th century.
Nail making was introduced by the French Huguenots in the 17th Century and became a thriving industry. At one point Bromsgrove was the world centre of nail making. Mechanisation quickly put the industry into decline. It is now a dormitory town for Birmingham, with few places of interest. The fish and chip shop above which Lord Lucan was rumoured to have hidden in during the late 1970s has been demolished.
Bromsgrove currently has a fast growing population in large new developments like the Oakalls estate. The reason for the town's popularity is due to its positioning close to Birmingham and the excellent links to the A38 that cuts through the town, the M5 motorway bordering the west side and the M42 motorwayFor alternate uses, see M42 (disambiguation). The M42 motorway is a major road in England. The motorway runs north east from Bromsgrove in Worcestershire to just south west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, passing Redditch, Solihull, the National E starting at the north of the town. Bromsgrove also benefits from a relatively low crime rate.
Poet Alfred Edward HousmanAlfred Edward Housman ( March 26, 1859 April 30, 1936) was an English poet and classical scholar, now best known for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad''. Life Housman was born in Fockbury, Worcestershire, the eldest of seven children of a country solici was born in Bromsgrove in 1859Events January 2 Erastus Beadle publishes The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette''. February 14 Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U. February 16 George Washington Gale Ferris Jr born February 16, 1859 Galesburg, Knox, IL March 26 French amateur astronomer clai.
Bromsgrove is home to Bromsgrove Rugby Football Club, one of the oldest clubs in the country. Bromsgrove also hosts Bromsgrove Rovers F.C.English football clubs. ( footballFootball is the most widely played and watched team sport in the world. The game is often known as soccer or occasionally association football to differentiate it from other codes of football. Football is a ball game played between two teams of 11 players) and Bromsgrove Cricketcricket match in progress. The beige strip is the cricket pitch. The people wearing black trousers on the far right are the umpires. Cricket is a team game played between two teams of eleven players each. It originated in its modern form in England, and i Club.
Many of Bromsgrove's residents find employment in Birmingham, (particularly MG Rover), RedditchRedditch is a town and local government district in Worcestershire, England, just south of the West Midlands urban area. The district has a population of about 80,000 and is represented in Parliament by Jacqui Smith. The first recorded mention of Redditch, Worcester and other places along the motorway network. Bromsgrove is still home to LG Harris Ltd, a maker of quality paint brushes.
New business parks in Aston Fields, Buntsford Hill and Harris's Business Park are helping to re-vitalise the local economy. Bromsgrove District Council are aiming to create a technology corridor along the A38 to take advantage of the areas excellent road links. This is also in response to concerns that any terminal decline in the fortunes of MG Rover would currently affect the economy of Bromsgrove very badly. A diversification of interests should help and will appeal to the many white-collar workers in the area.
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