Catshill is a village in
Worcestershire about 2.5 miles north of
Bromsgrove
Bromsgrove is a town in Worcestershire, England, about northeast of Worcester and southwest of Birmingham city centre. It had a population of 29,237 in 2001 (39,644 in the wider Bromsgrove/Catshill urban area). Bromsgrove is the main town in the ...
and 10 miles south-west of
Birmingham. The parish of Catshill was formed around the
Turnpike Road (A38) in 1844.
The
population of Catshill in 2011 was 6,858.
Education
Catshill is home to Catshill
First School and Catshill
Middle School. The first school Catshill First School and Nursery is located in the centre of the village on Gibb Lane. The Middle School was built in 1939, and was converted from a
Secondary Modern to a Middle School in 1970. The village has a small library, though it is not open every day. Catshill also has a village hall in which many different learning activities take place, from karate to IT skills.
Transport
Catshill is served by regular bus services by
First Midland Red,
Diamond West Midlands,
National Express West Midlands and
MRD Travel. There are routes to
Longbridge
Longbridge is an area of Northfield in the south-west of Birmingham, England, located near the border with Worcestershire.
Public Transport
Longbridge is described as a hub for public transport with a number of bus services run by Kev's Coa ...
,
Halesowen,
Stourbridge,
Bromsgrove
Bromsgrove is a town in Worcestershire, England, about northeast of Worcester and southwest of Birmingham city centre. It had a population of 29,237 in 2001 (39,644 in the wider Bromsgrove/Catshill urban area). Bromsgrove is the main town in the ...
,
Worcester and
Droitwich.
With nearby access to the
M5 and
M42 motorways, Catshill is within commuting distance by car to both
Worcester and
Birmingham and as a result the population of the village has grown in recent years.
History
In 1828 a
Baptist chapel was opened in Little Catshill.
Catshill developed in the nineteenth century through nailmaking and by 1914 was one of the few villages in the area which produced nails.
Famous people
The poet
Alfred Edward Housman lived in Catshill.
The professional footballer Roy Hartle (Bolton Wanderers) was born here.
For more than a quarter of a century Sarah Hilda Haines was the much respected district nurse (plaque in church) who received the royal Maundy in 1980 at Worcester. Her son Roy Martin Haines, a Foundation Scholar of Bromsgrove School, became a mediaeval historian (Worcester College, Oxford) and professor at
Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University (commonly known as Dal) is a large public research university in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the fou ...
, Canada. A Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge, he was awarded the degrees of D.Phil.and D.Litt. of Oxford.
References
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Villages in Worcestershire