| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 52.75°N 1.821°W |
| Population | 1,163 |
| Civil parish | Kings Bromley |
| Shire district | Lichfield |
| Shire county | Staffordshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Constituency westminster | Lichfield |
| Post town | Burton-on-Trent |
| Postcode district | DE13 |
| Postcode area | DE |
| Dial code | 01543 |
| Os grid reference | SK122169 |
| Static image name | KingsBromley.jpg |
| Website | kingsbromley-pc.gov.uk |
Kings Bromley or King's Bromley is a village and civil parish[1] in the Lichfield district of Staffordshire, England, about 4 miles (6 km) north of Lichfield on the A515 road. The population as of the 2011 census was measured at 1,163.[2]
History
The parish was in Offlow Hundred.
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, previous to which it had been distinguished as the residence of the Earls of Mercia. Leofric, the husband of the famous Lady Godiva, died here in 1057.[3] Henry III granted the manor to the Corbetts, who sold it, in 1569, to Francis Agard, of Ireland. About 1670 it was sold by Charles Agard to John Newton, of the island of Barbados, 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.[citation needed] Both King's Bromley[1] and Kings Bromley are seen in official documents – the village's own website favours Kings Bromley.[citation needed]
Sport
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]
See also
References
- ^ "Names and codes for Administrative Geography". Office for National Statistics. 31 December 2008. Archived from the original on 3 April 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
- ^ "CivilParish population 2011". Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ The Chronicle of John of Worcester ed. and trans. R.R. Darlington, P. McGurk and J. Bray (Clarendon Press: Oxford 1995), pp. 582–3.