Kings Bromley
| Kings Bromley | |
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 The Marina | |
  Kings Bromley Location withinStaffordshire | |
| Population | 1,163 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SK122169 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Burton-on-Trent |
| Postcode district | DE13 |
| Dialling code | 01543 |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Kings Bromleyis a village andcivil parish[1]inStaffordshire,England, on the junction of theA515and theA513 roads.The village lies inLichfield District,and the council ward of Kings Bromley had a population of 1,651 at the time of the 2001 census.[2](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 inOfflowHundred.
The population as of the 2011 census was measured at 1,163.[3]The Norman village church, which dates back to at least 1170, is named All Saints. The manor was anciently calledBrom Legge,and derived its present name from the circumstances of its being the property of the Crown for nearly two centuries after theNorman conquest,previous to which it had been distinguished as the residence of the Earls ofMercia.Leofric,the husband of the famousLady Godiva,died here in 1057.Henry IIIgranted the manor to the Corbetts, who sold it, in 1569, to Francis Agard, ofIreland.About 1670 it was sold by Charles Agard to John Newton, of the island ofBarbados,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 theTrent and Mersey Canal.
Spelling
[edit]The name of the village and parish seems to be spelled with or without the apostrophe fairly indiscriminately.[citation needed]BothKing's Bromley[1]andKings Bromleyare seen in official documents – the village's own website favoursKings Bromley.[citation needed]
Sport
[edit]Kings Bromley has a long-standing Football Club "Kings Bromley Swifts" which has images dating back as far as 1903.[citation needed]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.[citation needed]Home games are played at Crawley Lane opposite Kings Bromley Cricket Club on the show field.[citation needed]
Crime
[edit]In recent history, Kings Bromley has had a total of three raids in a single year.[4]One of which was on national newspapers,[5]this has led to police investigations in the matter.[citation needed]Despite all of this, the crime still continues,[citation needed]with the most recent raid on 26 March 2018.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ab"Names and codes for Administrative Geography".Office for National Statistics. 31 December 2008. Archived fromthe originalon 3 April 2010.Retrieved15 September2009.
- ^"Civil Parish 2001 census".
- ^"CivilParish population 2011".Retrieved9 December2015.
- ^Kreft, Helen (26 March 2018)."Co-op staff held up at knifepoint in third raid in a year".burtonmail.Retrieved9 June2018.
- ^"Masked raiders try to take cash machine".BBC News.2 August 2017.Retrieved9 June2018.
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