Kings Bromley is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in
Staffordshire, England on the junction of the
A515 and the
A513 roads. The village lies in
Lichfield District
Lichfield () is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. It is administered by Lichfield District Council, based in Lichfield.
The dignity and privileges of the City of Lichfield are vested in the parish council of the 14 km² ...
, and the council ward of Kings Bromley had a population of 1,651 at the time of the 2001 census. (although this area covers a few other small settlements in addition to the parish of Kings Bromley itself, including the villages of Hamstall Ridware and Elmhurst). The parish was in
Offlow
Offlow is a hundred in the county of Staffordshire, England, located in the south-east of that county. It is named after a tumulus or mound in the parish of Swinfen and Packington, 2½ miles south of Lichfield.The English Hundred Names, by Ol ...
Hundred.
The population as of the 2011 census was measured at 1,163. The Norman village church, which dates back to at least 1170, is named All Saints.
The manor was anciently called ''Brom Legge'', and derived its present name from the circumstances of its being the property of the Crown for nearly two centuries after the
Norman conquest
The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, Breton, Flemish, and French troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Con ...
, previous to which it had been distinguished as the residence of the Earls of
Mercia
la, Merciorum regnum
, conventional_long_name=Kingdom of Mercia
, common_name=Mercia
, status=Kingdom
, status_text=Independent kingdom (527–879) Client state of Wessex ()
, life_span=527–918
, era= Heptarchy
, event_start=
, date_start=
, ...
.
Leofric, the husband of the famous
Lady Godiva
Lady Godiva (; died between 1066 and 1086), in Old English , was a late Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who is relatively well documented as the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, and a patron of various churches and monasteries. Today, she is mainly re ...
, died here in 1057.
Henry III granted the manor to the Corbetts, who sold it, in 1569, to Francis Agard, of
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. About 1670 it was sold by Charles Agard to John Newton, of the island of
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate) ...
, and in 1794 it was bequeathed by Sarah Newton to her cousins, John and Thomas Lane. South of Kings Bromley at Bromley Hayes is a marina on the
Trent and Mersey Canal.
Spelling
The name of the village and parish seems to be spelled with or without the apostrophe fairly indiscriminately . Both ''King's Bromley''
and ''Kings Bromley'' are seen in official documents - the village's own website favours ''Kings Bromley'' .
Sport
Kings Bromley has a long-standing Football Club "Kings Bromley Swifts" which has images dating back as far as 1903 . In recent years "The Swifts" have played their football in the Burton Sunday League Division 1 but were promoted to the Premier Division in 2011/2012. Home games are played at Crawley Lane opposite Kings Bromley Cricket Club on the show field.
Crime
In recent history , Kings Bromley has had a total of three raids in a single year . One of which was on national newspapers,
this has led to police investigations in the matter . Despite all of this, the crime still continues , with the most recent raid on 26 March 2018 .
See also
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Listed buildings in Kings Bromley
References
External links
Official Parish Website
Villages in Staffordshire
Civil parishes in Staffordshire
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