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Encyclopedia Britannica



BROMSGROVE

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 634 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BRI-BUN
BROMSGROVE , a market town in the Eastern parliamentary division of Worcestershire, England, 12 M. N.N.E. of Worcester, with a station 1 m. from the town on the Bristol-
Birmingham
  line of the Midland railway. Pop. of urban
district
  (1901) 8418. It lies in a pleasant undulating
district
  near the foot of the Lickey Hills, to surmount which the railway towards
Birmingham
  here ascends for 2 M. one of the steepest gradients in England over such a distance. There remain several picturesque half-timbered houses, dating from 1572 and later. The
church
  of St John is a fine building, Perpendicular and earlier in date, picturesquely placed on an
elevation
  above the town, with a lofty tower and spire. There are a well-known grammar-school, founded by
Edward
  VI., with university scholarships; a college school, a literary-institute, and a school of art. Birmingham Sanatorium stands in the parish.
Cloth
  was formerly a
staple
  of
trade
 , but manufactures of nails and buttons are now pre-eminent, while the river Salwarpe works a number of millsin the neighbourhood, and near the town are
carriage
  works belonging to the Midland railway.


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